ELIA (JERSEY) LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
FC021640 · oversea-company · incorporated 1998-07-12
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
—
not disclosed
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: low (48/100)Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.
Company profile
address, no SIC, incorporation date
80
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (5 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
13 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
80
Good data coverage for analysis.
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 (19 events)Click to expand
- 2002-07-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2002-07-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2002-07-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2002-07-04📄legacyaccounts · 225
- 2002-06-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2000-06-09📄legacyannual-return · BR3
- 1999-12-09📄legacyannual-return · BR3
- 1999-02-26➕FRANCIS, Paul James appointedsecretary
- 1999-02-26➕FRANCIS, Maria Carmello Del Monte Bergen appointeddirector
- 1999-02-26➕FRANCIS, Paul James appointeddirector
- 1999-02-26➕THOMAS, Christopher Owen appointeddirector
- 1999-02-26➕THOMAS, Nirmali Sudarmica appointeddirector
- 1999-02-26📄legacyincorporation · BR1-PAR
- 1999-02-26📄legacyincorporation · BR1-PAR
- 1999-02-26📄legacyincorporation · BR1-PAR
- 1999-02-26📄legacyincorporation · BR1-PAR
- 1999-02-26📄legacyincorporation · BR1-BCH
- 1999-02-26📄legacyincorporation · BR1
- 1998-07-12🏢Company incorporatedAs ELIA (JERSEY) LIMITED
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 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
90/100
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 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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.)
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| 10 CABOT SQUARE I TRUSTEE NO. 1 LIMITED→ OE007063 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| 10 CABOT SQUARE I TRUSTEE NO. 2 LIMITED→ OE007036 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| 10 CABOT SQUARE II TRUSTEE NO. 2 LIMITED→ OE007039 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| 10 QUEEN STREET PLACE LONDON LIMITED→ OE005955 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| 103 COLMORE ROW TRUSTEE 1 LIMITED→ OE002582 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| 107 PARK STREET LIMITED→ OE028001 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| 115 COLMORE ROW LIMITED→ OE002559 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| 130 WOODSTREET TRUSTEES (NO. 1) LIMITED→ OE002111 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| 130 WOODSTREET TRUSTEES (NO. 2) LIMITED→ OE002107 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeoversea-company
Incorporated1998-07-12
Jurisdictionunited-kingdom
Primary SIC—
Registered office
8 Duhamel Place
St Helier
Jersey
JE1 3WF
Channel Islands
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: —
Last made up to: 2002-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: —
Last: —
Officers (5 active · 0 resigned)
FRANCIS, Paul James→
Activesecretary · appointed 1999-02-26
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FRANCIS, Maria Carmello Del Monte Bergen→
Activedirector · ~81y · appointed 1999-02-26
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FRANCIS, Paul James→
Activedirector · ~78y · appointed 1999-02-26
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THOMAS, Christopher Owen→
Activedirector · ~81y · appointed 1999-02-26
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THOMAS, Nirmali Sudarmica→
Activedirector · ~78y · appointed 1999-02-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (13 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2002-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2002-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2002-07-04
legacy
accounts · 225
2002-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2002-06-06
legacy
annual-return · BR3
2000-06-09
legacy
annual-return · BR3
1999-12-09
legacy
incorporation · BR1-PAR
1999-02-26
legacy
incorporation · BR1-PAR
1999-02-26
legacy
incorporation · BR1-PAR
1999-02-26
legacy
incorporation · BR1-PAR
1999-02-26
legacy
incorporation · BR1-BCH
1999-02-26
legacy
incorporation · BR1
1999-02-26