J.E.TAYLOR (N.I.) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
NI025557 · ltd · incorporated 1991-05-23
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£22
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 70100Activities of head offices
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
99 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.

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Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £22
Net assets shrinking
Down £19 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£22
↓ 46% YoY
Current Assets
£364
↓ 32% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£107£213£320£426£533Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£422£591
Current assets£364£533
Net assets£22£41

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-06-19
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-26
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    address · AD01
  4. 2023-07-27
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  5. 2022-07-06
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  6. 2021-07-02
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  7. 2020-06-18
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  8. 2019-08-02
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  9. 2018-10-30
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  10. 2017-10-30
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  11. 2017-07-11
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  12. 2016-11-04
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-05-26
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  14. 2015-11-03
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  15. 2015-05-29
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  16. 2014-11-03
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2000-08-16
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    TAYLOR, Pauline appointed
    director
  18. 1991-05-23
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    Company incorporated
    As J.E.TAYLOR (N.I.) LIMITED
  19. 1991-05-23
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    TAYLOR, Pauline appointed
    secretary
  20. 1991-05-23
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    TAYLOR, Joseph Edgar appointed
    director

Owner dependency

99/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "TAYLOR" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 35 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 35 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 35 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Joseph Edgar Taylor
Individual · British · DOB 03/1963 · age 63
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1991-05-23
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

Suite 2.06, Custom House Custom House Square
Belfast
BT1 3ET
Northern Ireland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-06
Last: 2025-05-23

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

TAYLOR, Pauline→
secretary · appointed 1991-05-23
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Active
TAYLOR, Joseph Edgar→
director · ~63y · appointed 1991-05-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TAYLOR, Pauline→
director · ~62y · appointed 2000-08-16
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Active

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Recent filings (99 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-06-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-13
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address · AD01
2024-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-06
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-31
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accounts · AA
2021-07-02
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-18
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-08-02
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-06-21