JANSVANS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC151046 · ltd · incorporated 1994-05-24

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 26.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£2.57M

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Retail sale of hardware, paints and glass in specialised stores

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active 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).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 26.7y

70/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 26.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

13 officers (7 active, 13 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

102 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £2,574,406

Cash YoY

+21%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£497k

↑ 21% YoY

Net Worth

£2.6m

↑ 1.2% YoY

Current Assets

£934k

↑ 3.8% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£3.17M	£3.15M
Current assets	£934.0k	£900.2k
Cash	£497.1k	£412.3k
Debtors	£110.8k	£140.4k
Net assets	£2.57M	£2.54M

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

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filings

• 3 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (41 events)Click to expand

2026-03-31
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MACINNES, Callum John resigned
director
2026-03-31
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officers · TM01
2026-01-28
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MACLEOD, Lorne Buchanan appointed
secretary
2026-01-28
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-01-28
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officers · AP03
2026-01-27
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MACINNES, Callum John resigned
secretary
2025-09-08
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officers · AP01
2025-09-08
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-09-02
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accounts · AA
2025-09-01
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MILNE, Kevin Cameron appointed
director
2025-09-01
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REDSHAW, David Andrew Smith appointed
director
2025-08-26
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-09-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-09-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-01-26
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-08-25
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accounts · AA
2020-10-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-03-13
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-07-15
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officers · CH01
2019-07-15
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-06-06
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accounts · AA
2018-10-27
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mortgage · MR04
2018-10-27
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Charge satisfied #2
2018-09-21
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
2003-09-01
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MACLEOD, Lorne Buchanan appointed
director
2002-03-31
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MACLEOD, Lorne Buchanan resigned
director
2001-01-01
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MACLEOD, Lorne Buchanan appointed
director
1999-08-03
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1999-06-24
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NICOLSON, Effie Bella resigned
secretary
1999-06-22
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NICOLSON, Donald appointed
director
1999-06-22
➕
MACINNES, Callum John appointed
secretary
1999-06-22
➕
MACINNES, Callum John appointed
director
1994-05-24
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Company incorporated
As JANSVANS LIMITED
1994-05-24
➕
NICOLSON, Effie Bella appointed
director
1994-05-24
➕
NICOLSON, John Alick appointed
director
1994-05-24
➕
NICOLSON, Effie Bella appointed
secretary
1994-05-24
➕
REID, Brian appointed
nominee-secretary
1994-05-24
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REID, Brian resigned
nominee-secretary
1994-05-24
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MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
nominee-director
1994-05-24
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MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
nominee-director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 32 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

80/100

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 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

2 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: MACINNES, Callum John resigned 2026-01-27; MACINNES, Callum John resigned 2026-03-31

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr John Alick Nicolson Individual · British · DOB 09/1945 · age 81	50–75%	50–75%	board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control	25/05/2016
Mr Donald Nicolson Individual · British · DOB 05/1973 · age 53	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	26/01/2022

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

Incorporated1994-05-24

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC47520 — Retail sale of hardware, paints and glass in specialised stores

Registered office

6 Broom Place

Portree

Isle Of Skye

IV51 9HL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-31

Last: 2025-05-17