FREDERICK JONES (BELFAST),LIMITED

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NI001753 · ltd · incorporated 1944-02-25
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 6.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 17290
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: conservative operator with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 6.7y

95/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 6.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
  • · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (6 active, 9 linked, 8 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
175 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £2,018,721

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-07-31
Profit before tax£2.02M
Average employees4100

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-01
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-15
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  5. 2023-12-15
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    Charge satisfied #1
  6. 2023-04-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-02-03
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-09-30
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    mortgage · MR01
  11. 2019-09-24
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Frederick a Jones
  12. 2019-02-27
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-01-03
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2018-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-04-04
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-02-09
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    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2000-05-29
    ➕
    WILSON, Karen Anne appointed
    secretary
  19. 2000-05-29
    ➕
    ANDERSON, Mark appointed
    director
  20. 2000-05-29
    ➕
    JONES, Frederick Anthony appointed
    director
  21. 2000-05-29
    ➕
    JONES, Roger Peter appointed
    director
  22. 2000-05-29
    ➕
    JONES, William Frederick Paul appointed
    director
  23. 2000-05-29
    ➕
    WILSON, Karen Anne appointed
    director
  24. 2000-05-29
    ➖
    ANDERSON, Norman L resigned
    director
  25. 2000-05-29
    ➖
    JONES, Frederick Peter resigned
    director
  26. 2000-05-29
    ➖
    JONES, Thomas resigned
    director
  27. 1944-02-25
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    Company incorporated
    As FREDERICK JONES (BELFAST),LIMITED
  28. 1944-02-25
    ➕
    ANDERSON, Norman L appointed
    director
  29. 1944-02-25
    ➕
    JONES, Frederick Peter appointed
    director
  30. 1944-02-25
    ➕
    JONES, Thomas appointed
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "JONES" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 82 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Roger Peter Jones
Individual · British · DOB 08/1971 · age 55
——sig. influencesignificant influence07/04/2016
Mr Frederick Anthony Jones
Individual · British · DOB 04/1967 · age 59
——sig. influencesignificant influence07/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1944-02-25
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC17290 — SIC 17290

Registered office

17/21 Napier Street
Belfast
BT12 5FE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-01
Last: 2025-11-17

Officers (6 active · 3 resigned)

WILSON, Karen Anne→
secretary · appointed 2000-05-29
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Active
ANDERSON, Mark→
director · ~58y · appointed 2000-05-29
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Active
JONES, Frederick Anthony→
director · ~59y · appointed 2000-05-29
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Active
JONES, Roger Peter→
director · ~55y · appointed 2000-05-29
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Active
JONES, William Frederick Paul→
director · ~56y · appointed 2000-05-29
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Active
WILSON, Karen Anne→
director · ~60y · appointed 2000-05-29
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Active
ANDERSON, Norman L→
director · ~81y · appointed 1944-02-25 · resigned 2000-05-29
Resigned
JONES, Frederick Peter→
director · ~84y · appointed 1944-02-25 · resigned 2000-05-29
Resigned
JONES, Thomas→
director · ~87y · appointed 1944-02-25 · resigned 2000-05-29
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
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Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Frederick a Jones / Roger P Jones
A registered charge1 property24/09/201915/12/2023

Recent filings (175 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2026-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-05
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-04-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-02-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-07