C.A.J PROPERTY INVESTMENTS LTD
🌳Matureactive
SC253562 · ltd · incorporated 2003-07-30
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 22.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£1.03M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 22.5y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 22.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
70 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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 102Positive net assets
Net assets £1,031,891
Cash YoY
+1591%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£99k
↑ 1591% YoY
Net Worth
£1.0m
↑ 13% YoY
Current Assets
£105k
↑ 278% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-11-30 | 2023-11-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.03M | £921.5k |
| Current assets | £105.5k | £27.9k |
| Cash | £99.5k | £5.9k |
| Debtors | £6.0k | £22.0k |
| Net assets | £1.03M | £911.5k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-07-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-26📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-12-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-10-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-09-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-13📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2019-08-13📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2018-11-29📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2018-09-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-13📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2017-09-13📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2017-09-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2009-01-17🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2005-08-24➕JENKINS, Craig appointeddirector
- 2003-10-21🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
- 2003-07-30🏢Company incorporatedAs C.A.J PROPERTY INVESTMENTS LTD
- 2003-07-30➕JENKINS, Susan appointedsecretary
- 2003-07-30➕JENKINS, Charles Alexander appointeddirector
- 2003-07-30➕OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2003-07-30➖OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
Owner dependency
91/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
96/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Granite Trustee Company Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Granite Trustee Company Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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C.A.J PROPERTY INVESTMENTS LTD
This company · SC253562
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
3 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Granite Trustee Company Ltd Corporate entity | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 16/06/2017 |
Ms Susan Jenkins Individual · British · DOB 11/1951 · age 75 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest | 16/06/2017 |
Mr Charles Alexander Jenkins Individual · British · DOB 04/1953 · age 73 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest | 16/06/2017 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Charles Alexander Jenkinsceased 16/06/2017· 50-75% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-07-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.
Registered office
Blacksheep House
Elsrickle
Biggar
South Lanarkshire
ML12 6QZ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-13
Last: 2025-07-30
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
Active
JENKINS, Charles Alexander→
Activedirector · ~73y · appointed 2003-07-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
JENKINS, Craig→
Activedirector · ~44y · appointed 2005-08-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-07-30 · resigned 2003-07-30
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 21/10/2003 | 17/01/2009 |
Recent filings (70 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-10-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-04