A A JEWITT AND SONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05582575 · ltd · incorporated 2005-10-04

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

—

year to Sept 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 49390

Sector: Transportation & storage

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (5 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

69 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-09-30
Average employees	2100

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

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3 signals 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 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2026-03-31
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accounts · AA
2025-10-13
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2025-10-13
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-13
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-13
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officers · CH01
2025-10-13
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officers · CH01
2025-04-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
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accounts · AA
2023-06-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-18
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-01-16
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resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-01-16
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incorporation · MA
2023-01-16
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capital · SH08
2023-01-16
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capital · SH10
2023-01-16
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capital · SH10
2023-01-16
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capital · SH10
2023-01-16
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capital · SH10
2023-01-16
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change-of-constitution · CC04
2022-02-04
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accounts · AA
2021-06-16
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accounts · AA
2019-04-29
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JEWITT DODD, Helen appointed
director
2007-02-18
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JEWITT, William Noel resigned
director
2006-11-23
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JEWITT, Tony appointed
director
2005-10-04
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Company incorporated
As A A JEWITT AND SONS LIMITED
2005-10-04
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JEWITT, Pauline appointed
secretary
2005-10-04
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JEWITT, Pauline appointed
director
2005-10-04
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JEWITT, William Shaun appointed
director
2005-10-04
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JEWITT, William Noel appointed
director

Owner dependency

88/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "JEWITT" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Pauline Jewitt Individual · British · DOB 11/1951 · age 75	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mrs Helen Jewitt Dodd Individual · British · DOB 12/1982 · age 44	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Mr William Shaun Jewitt Individual · British · DOB 07/1978 · age 48	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Mr Tony Jewitt Individual · British · DOB 02/1985 · age 41	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	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

Incorporated2005-10-04

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC49390 — SIC 49390

Registered office

The Bungalow, Chollerford

Hexham, Northumberland

Northumberland

NE46 4EW

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-18

Last: 2025-10-04