J C E (EUROPE) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC111985 · ltd · incorporated 1988-06-28

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

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£921.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 27120

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -78% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 27.8y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 27.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

12 officers (6 active, 12 linked, 11 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

12 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

129 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £921,706

Cash draining

Cash down 78% YoY

Cash YoY

-78%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£87k

↓ 78% YoY

Net Worth

£922k

↑ 1.7% YoY

Current Assets

£1.2m

↑ 13% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£938.0k	£922.3k
Current assets	£1.19M	£1.05M
Cash	£87.3k	£397.6k
Debtors	£843.5k	£525.8k
Net assets	£921.7k	£906.2k

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

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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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand

2025-09-26
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officers · TM01
2025-09-25
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MAES, Franciscus Jacobus resigned
director
2025-09-16
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accounts · AA
2025-04-22
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officers · TM02
2025-04-14
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-04-14
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-04-14
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-04-14
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-04-01
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BURNETT & COMPANY resigned
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2024-08-19
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accounts · AA
2024-04-10
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mortgage · MR04
2024-04-10
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Charge satisfied #1
2023-09-01
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officers · CH01
2023-09-01
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officers · CH01
2023-08-28
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accounts · AA
2022-07-27
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accounts · AA
2021-08-25
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accounts · AA
2020-07-30
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2019-08-07
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accounts · AA
2018-08-16
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accounts · AA
2017-08-01
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FORSTER, Neil appointed
director
2017-08-01
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SAWYER, Andrew Paul appointed
director
2017-08-01
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MAES, Franciscus Jacobus appointed
director
2012-10-31
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BATCHELOR, Graham Paul resigned
director
2012-06-27
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BROWN, Keith resigned
director
2010-08-18
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CRAIG, Martin appointed
director
2010-04-05
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CRAIG, Sandra Margaret appointed
director
2005-05-27
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PEAURT, Jonathan Nigel Joseph resigned
director
2004-11-01
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BROWN, Keith appointed
director
2004-11-01
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PEAURT, Jonathan Nigel Joseph appointed
director
2001-04-30
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ELSWOOD, Rodney Arnold resigned
director
1998-07-17
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1988-06-28
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Company incorporated
As J C E (EUROPE) LIMITED

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 38 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Alison Cox Individual · British · DOB 04/1966 · age 60	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	05/03/2025
Mr Martin Craig Individual · British · DOB 08/1970 · age 56	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	05/03/2025

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mrs Sandra Margaret Craigceased 05/03/2025· 25-50% shares
Mr James Alexander Craigceased 05/03/2025· 25-50% shares

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

Incorporated1988-06-28

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC27120 — SIC 27120

Registered office

Jce House Blackburn Business Park, Woodburn Road

Blackburn

Aberdeen

AB21 0PS

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-28

Last: 2026-04-14