EUGENE JONES LIMITED
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -73% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. 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.
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.36M | £1.18M |
| Current assets | £1.46M | £1.07M |
| Cash | £91.5k | £336.0k |
| Debtors | £1.13M | £574.6k |
| Net assets | £1.18M | £1.02M |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
1 signal 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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Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
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- 2022-05-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-05-17📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-05-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
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- 2022-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
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- 2019-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-04-06➕JONES, James appointeddirector
- 2004-05-01➕JONES, Eugene appointeddirector
- 2004-05-01➕JONES, Mary appointeddirector
- 2004-05-01➕CS DIRECTOR SERVICES LIMITED appointedcorporate-director
- 2004-05-01➖CS DIRECTOR SERVICES LIMITED resignedcorporate-director
- 2004-03-31🏢Company incorporatedAs EUGENE JONES LIMITED
- 2004-03-31➕JONES, Eugene appointedsecretary
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Eugene Jones Individual · Northern Irish · DOB 11/1968 · age 58 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 18/04/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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