JANIE WILSON LIMITED

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06210409 · ltd · incorporated 2007-04-12
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 17230
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), 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: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 8.4y

45/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 8.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 1 with DOB)
74
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
56 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
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees900900

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-12
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  3. 2025-07-01
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  4. 2024-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-10-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-06-29
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  8. 2022-06-28
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  9. 2021-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-03-09
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  11. 2021-03-09
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  12. 2021-03-02
    ➕
    COOK, Janie Barrett appointed
    secretary
  13. 2021-03-02
    ➖
    COOK, Karl Mackinnon resigned
    secretary
  14. 2020-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-01-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-11-24
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    mortgage · MR01
  19. 2017-11-21
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  20. 2007-04-12
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    Company incorporated
    As JANIE WILSON LIMITED
  21. 2007-04-12
    ➕
    COOK, Janie Barrett appointed
    director
  22. 2007-04-12
    ➕
    COOK, Karl Mackinnon appointed
    secretary
  23. 2007-04-12
    ➕
    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2007-04-12
    ➖
    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2007-04-12
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    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2007-04-12
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    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

85/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

68/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Janie Barrett Cook
Individual · British · DOB 07/1975 · age 51
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting13/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-04-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC17230 — SIC 17230

Registered office

3 Greengate, Cardale Park
Harrogate
North Yorkshire
HG3 1GY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-30
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-26
Last: 2026-04-12

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

COOK, Janie Barrett→
secretary · appointed 2021-03-02
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Active
COOK, Janie Barrett→
director · ~51y · appointed 2007-04-12
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Active
COOK, Karl Mackinnon→
secretary · appointed 2007-04-12 · resigned 2021-03-02
Resigned
BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-04-12 · resigned 2007-04-12
Resigned
BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-04-12 · resigned 2007-04-12
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property21/11/2017—
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Recent filings (56 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-10
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-10
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-06-29
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-14