FLETCHER JONES LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC152505 · ltd · incorporated 1994-08-15

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 30.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

78109Other activities of employment placement agencies

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 30.9y

50/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 30.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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, 2 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

21 officers (4 active, 21 linked, 15 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

167 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Average employees	700	800

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (63 events)Click to expand

2025-07-08
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2024-11-18
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accounts · AA
2024-06-28
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capital · SH06
2024-06-28
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capital · SH03
2024-05-03
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capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2024-05-03
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capital · SH06
2024-05-03
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capital · SH03
2024-05-03
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capital · SH03
2024-02-07
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officers · TM01
2024-01-31
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MCNAUGHT, Laura resigned
director
2023-10-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-30
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capital · SH03
2023-02-20
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capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2022-10-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-15
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officers · CH01
2022-08-15
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-08-12
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-08-11
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-08-11
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officers · CH01
2022-08-11
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officers · CH01
2022-07-22
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capital · SH06
2022-06-30
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HUNT, Hugo Charles resigned
director
2022-06-30
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-12-15
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STEWART, Leah Claire appointed
director
2020-12-10
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LANGA, Monica Julia appointed
director
2020-07-31
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MILLAR, Graeme Stewart resigned
director
2019-06-21
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LANGA, Monica appointed
secretary
2019-06-21
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MCNAUGHT, Laura resigned
secretary
2019-05-01
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GILL, Alan resigned
director
2015-06-01
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GILL, Alan appointed
director
2011-11-04
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MCGARRY, Charles Joseph resigned
director
2009-07-27
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Charge satisfied #1
2009-04-01
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MCNAUGHT, Laura appointed
secretary
2009-03-31
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RAE, George Stuart resigned
secretary
2009-03-31
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RAE, George Stuart resigned
director
2009-03-01
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HUNT, Hugo Charles appointed
director
2008-12-12
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2007-09-30
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ARTHUR, Peter Alistair Kennedy resigned
director
2006-04-28
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NICHOLAS, Karen resigned
director
2005-11-01
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ARTHUR, Peter Alistair Kennedy appointed
director
2004-08-31
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RAE, George Stuart appointed
secretary
2004-08-31
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ROBERTSON, Gordon Philip resigned
secretary
2004-08-31
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RAE, George Stuart appointed
director
2004-08-31
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ROBERTSON, Gordon Philip resigned
director
2004-03-31
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MCNAUGHT, Laura appointed
director
2004-03-31
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NICHOLAS, Karen appointed
director
2002-09-30
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RIDEOUT, Tania Mary, Dr resigned
director
2000-06-30
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SHEPHERD, Neil Morton resigned
director
2000-06-01
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MILLAR, Graeme Stewart appointed
director
2000-06-01
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RIDEOUT, Tania Mary, Dr appointed
director

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Owner dependency

90/100

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

+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "FLETCHER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 32 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Richard Alexander Fletcher Individual · British · DOB 03/1956 · age 70	50–75%	50–75%	board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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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.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1994-08-15

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

80 George Street

Edinburgh

EH2 3BU

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-21

Last: 2025-08-07

Officers (4 active · 17 resigned)

LANGA, Monica→

secretary · appointed 2019-06-21

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Active

FLETCHER, Richard Alexander→

director · ~70y · appointed 1994-09-14

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Active

LANGA, Monica Julia→

director · ~56y · appointed 2020-12-10

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Active

STEWART, Leah Claire→

director · ~46y · appointed 2020-12-15

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Active

MCNAUGHT, Laura→

secretary · appointed 2009-04-01 · resigned 2019-06-21

Resigned

RAE, George Stuart→

secretary · appointed 2004-08-31 · resigned 2009-03-31

Resigned

ROBERTSON, Gordon Philip→

secretary · appointed 1994-09-14 · resigned 2004-08-31

Resigned

ASHCROFT CAMERON SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1994-08-15 · resigned 1994-09-14

Resigned

ARTHUR, Peter Alistair Kennedy→

director · ~70y · appointed 2005-11-01 · resigned 2007-09-30

Resigned

CROCKETT, Josie→

director · ~84y · appointed 1994-09-14 · resigned 1996-03-26

Resigned

GILL, Alan→

director · ~66y · appointed 2015-06-01 · resigned 2019-05-01

Resigned

HUNT, Hugo Charles→

director · ~64y · appointed 2009-03-01 · resigned 2022-06-30

Resigned

MCGARRY, Charles Joseph→

director · ~69y · appointed 1994-09-14 · resigned 2011-11-04

Resigned

MCNAUGHT, Laura→

director · ~60y · appointed 2004-03-31 · resigned 2024-01-31

Resigned

MILLAR, Graeme Stewart→

director · ~71y · appointed 2000-06-01 · resigned 2020-07-31

Resigned

NICHOLAS, Karen→

director · ~64y · appointed 2004-03-31 · resigned 2006-04-28

Resigned

RAE, George Stuart→

director · ~68y · appointed 2004-08-31 · resigned 2009-03-31

Resigned

RIDEOUT, Tania Mary, Dr→

director · ~61y · appointed 2000-06-01 · resigned 2002-09-30

Resigned

ROBERTSON, Gordon Philip→

director · ~70y · appointed 1994-09-14 · resigned 2004-08-31

Resigned

SHEPHERD, Neil Morton→

director · ~89y · appointed 1996-04-03 · resigned 2000-06-30

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Floating charge	1 property	12/12/2008	—
	satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland	Bond & floating charge	1 property	17/05/1995	27/07/2009

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Recent filings (167 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-08-14

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-07-08

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-11-18

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-08-20

capital-cancellation-shares

capital · SH06

2024-06-28

capital-return-purchase-own-shares

capital · SH03

2024-06-28

capital-cancellation-shares

capital · SH06

2024-05-03

capital-cancellation-shares

capital · SH06

2024-05-03

capital-return-purchase-own-shares

capital · SH03

2024-05-03

capital-return-purchase-own-shares

capital · SH03

2024-05-03

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2024-02-07

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-10-02

capital-return-purchase-own-shares

capital · SH03

2023-08-30

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-08-21

capital-cancellation-shares

capital · SH06

2023-02-20