J4b bought by Idox plc
Howard Lake | 1 May 2009 | News
J4b Software and Publishing Limited, the company that publishes a range of funding information databases for businesses, local authorities and charities/voluntary organisations has been bought by Idox PLC, an AIM-listed company that is a supplier of software solutions and services principally to the UK public sector.
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Idox paid £800,000 in cash. J4b had revenues of £2 million for the year ended 31 December 2008, an operating profit of £300,000 and net assets of £200,000 at 31 March 2009.
Jeremy Philips, Managing Director of J4b, will join the executive team of Idox, bringing his experience in electronic content management, database design and publishing.
J4b, whose main operations are in the UK and the Netherlands, publishes the following funding databases:
www.j4bgrants.co.uk
www.greengrantsmachine.co.uk
www.j4bcommunity.co.uk
www.studentcashpoint.co.uk
www.j4bgrants.ie
www.vindsubsidies.nl
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About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.