CEE & JAYS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC335262 · ltd · incorporated 2007-12-13

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 18.0y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

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Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 47640

Sector: Wholesale & retail

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

47710Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores
47721Retail sale of footwear in specialised stores

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 18.0y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 18.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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, 3 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

4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

43 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-02-28	2024-02-29
Average employees	800	-800

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand

2025-11-28
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accounts · AA
2024-11-27
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accounts · AA
2023-11-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-15
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officers · CH01
2021-12-15
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-11-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-11-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-11-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-12-23
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officers · AP01
2017-12-22
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PAGULAYAN, Ian Jerome Mamuag appointed
director
2017-11-30
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accounts · AA
2016-11-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-01-13
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annual-return · AR01
2015-11-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2008-06-05
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2007-12-13
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Company incorporated
As CEE & JAYS LIMITED
2007-12-13
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LAURENSON, Angela Jane appointed
secretary
2007-12-13
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LAURENSON, Angela Jane appointed
director
2007-12-13
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LAURENSON, Michael John appointed
director

Owner dependency

76/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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
Mr Michael John Laurenson Individual · British · DOB 06/1962 · age 64	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mrs Angela Jane Laurenson Individual · British · DOB 03/1965 · age 61	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2007-12-13

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC47640 — SIC 47640

Registered office

5 Commercial Road

Lerwick

ZE1 0LX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-27

Last: 2025-12-13

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

LAURENSON, Angela Jane→

secretary · appointed 2007-12-13

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Active

LAURENSON, Angela Jane→

director · ~61y · appointed 2007-12-13

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Active

LAURENSON, Michael John→

director · ~64y · appointed 2007-12-13

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Active

PAGULAYAN, Ian Jerome Mamuag→

director · ~54y · appointed 2017-12-22

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC	Bond & floating charge	1 property	05/06/2008	—

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