JOHN DAVIDSON (PIPES) LIMITED
- · Bankability: 57 → 75
- · Opportunity score: 78 → 70
- · Refinance opportunity: too_messy → no_debt
- · Legal friction: high → low
Mixed signals in the last 30 days — 3 improved, 2 worsened.
- ↓Opportunity score: 78 → 70
- ↑Bankability: 57 → 75
- ↑Live charges: 14 → 0
- ↓PSC count: 2 → 0
- ·Refinance opportunity: too_messy → no_debt
- +1 more
Mixed signals in the last 90 days — 3 improved, 2 worsened.
- ↓Opportunity score: 78 → 70
- ↑Bankability: 57 → 75
- ↑Live charges: 14 → 0
- ↓PSC count: 2 → 0
- ·Refinance opportunity: too_messy → no_debt
- +1 more
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Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (70/100).
Data confidence
Overall: low (40/100)Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsFinancials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|
| Turnover | £79.83M |
| Gross profit | £25.26M |
| Operating profit | £3.80M |
| Profit before tax | £3.72M |
| Average employees | 25000 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Corporate timeline (1 events)Click to expand
- 1972-04-25🏢Company incorporatedAs JOHN DAVIDSON (PIPES) LIMITED
Owner dependency
Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
- +No director turnover: Company is 54 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
Red flags
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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