J P TRAILERS LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
NI641410 · ltd · incorporated 2016-10-12
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£-2.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46630
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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, 1 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
19 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
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 · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £2,063
Net assets shrinking
Down £3,556 YoY
Cash YoY
-10%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£9k
↓ 9.9% YoY
Net Worth
-£2k
↓ 238% YoY
Current Assets
£26k
↓ 7.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£2k£4k£10k£16k£22k£28kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£-2.1k£1.5k
Current assets£25.8k£27.7k
Cash£8.7k£9.7k
Net assets£-2.1k£1.5k

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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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-07-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-06-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-04-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2016-10-12
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    Company incorporated
    As J P TRAILERS LIMITED
  10. 2016-10-12
    ➕
    KENNEDY, David John appointed
    director
  11. 2016-10-12
    ➕
    PARKES, Geoffrey appointed
    director
  12. 2016-10-12
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

46/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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 Geoffrey Parkes
Individual · British · DOB 07/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting12/10/2016
Mr David John Kennedy
Individual · British · DOB 12/1968 · age 58
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting12/10/2016

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
Incorporated2016-10-12
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC46630 — SIC 46630

Registered office

42 Corkley Road
Tassagh
Armagh
BT60 2NZ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-27
Last: 2025-10-13

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

KENNEDY, David John→
director · ~58y · appointed 2016-10-12
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Active
PARKES, Geoffrey→
director · ~59y · appointed 2016-10-12
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Recent filings (19 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-06-04