JARDIN DE LUZ (NO. 337) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC091709 · ltd · incorporated 1985-02-15
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£4.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Residents property management
Sector: Activities of households
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
94 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £4,000

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£4k
~ YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
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£0£800£2k£2k£3k£4kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£4.0k£4.0k
Net assets£4.0k£4.0k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-24
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  2. 2024-07-25
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  3. 2024-07-25
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  4. 2024-07-24
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    SINCLAIR, Ann Mclean resigned
    secretary
  5. 2023-09-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-10-12
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  7. 2021-11-19
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  8. 2021-03-24
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    officers · AP01
  9. 2021-03-16
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    SINCLAIR, Kyle appointed
    director
  10. 2020-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-11-20
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  12. 2018-10-19
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  13. 2017-12-04
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  14. 2016-10-14
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  15. 2015-10-27
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-07-16
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  17. 2015-01-09
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  18. 1997-03-12
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    SINCLAIR, Leslie Stewart appointed
    director
  19. 1997-03-12
    ➕
    SINCLAIR, Ann Mclean appointed
    secretary
  20. 1997-03-12
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    SINCLAIR, Thomas resigned
    secretary
  21. 1997-03-12
    ➖
    MCNIVEN, Ronald resigned
    director
  22. 1993-09-01
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    SINCLAIR, Catherine resigned
    secretary
  23. 1993-09-01
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    SINCLAIR, Thomas appointed
    secretary
  24. 1985-02-15
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    Company incorporated
    As JARDIN DE LUZ (NO. 337) LIMITED

Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 41 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Leslie Stewart Sinclair
Individual · British · DOB 02/1947 · age 79
25–50%
—sig. influence25-50% shares · significant influence01/07/2016

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
Incorporated1985-02-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Stanley House
69-71 Hamilton Road
Motherwell
Lanarkshire,
ML1 3DG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-29
Last: 2025-07-15

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

SINCLAIR, Kyle→
director · ~29y · appointed 2021-03-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SINCLAIR, Leslie Stewart→
director · ~79y · appointed 1997-03-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SINCLAIR, Ann Mclean→
secretary · appointed 1997-03-12 · resigned 2024-07-24
Resigned
SINCLAIR, Catherine→
secretary · resigned 1993-09-01
Resigned
SINCLAIR, Thomas→
secretary · appointed 1993-09-01 · resigned 1997-03-12
Resigned
MCNIVEN, Ronald→
director · ~77y · resigned 1997-03-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (94 total)

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2025-07-24
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2025-07-24
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accounts · AA
2024-07-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-25
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officers · TM02
2024-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-04
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-18
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accounts · AA
2022-10-12
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-20
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accounts · AA
2021-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-12
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officers · AP01
2021-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-03
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-11-20