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J & D PIERCE (CONTRACTS) LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC174690 · ltd · incorporated 1997-04-21

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

Why now

Window steady · high confidence

Mixed signals — 7 changes over 30 days, no clear direction yet.

· Opportunity score: 79 → 70
· Hygiene score: 85 → 80
· Bankability: 67 → 75
· Refinance opportunity: clean_up_first → no_debt

What changed my view

Last 30 days

Mixed signals in the last 30 days — 3 improved, 3 worsened.

↓Opportunity score: 79 → 70
↓Hygiene score: 85 → 80
↑Bankability: 67 → 75
↑Live charges: 5 → 0
↓PSC count: 3 → 0
+2 more

Last 90 days

Mixed signals in the last 90 days — 3 improved, 3 worsened.

↓Opportunity score: 77 → 70
↓Hygiene score: 85 → 80
↑Bankability: 67 → 75
↑Live charges: 5 → 0
↓PSC count: 3 → 0
+2 more

Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2023

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

70/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures

Sector: Manufacturing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

25990SIC 25990

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: conservative operator with strong profile and bankable structure.

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.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

No charge records returned

Directors & officers

No officers data

Ownership & PSC

No PSC data returned

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

No filing history

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

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

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Opportunity Score

70/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £13,301,803

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2023-12-31
Profit before tax	£13.30M
Average employees	47400

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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Corporate timeline (1 events)Click to expand

1997-04-21
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Company incorporated
As J & D PIERCE (CONTRACTS) LTD.

Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

+No director turnover: Company is 29 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100

Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1997-04-21

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC25110 — Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures

Registered office

Unit 14, Caledonian Road

Glengarnock

Ayrshire

KA14 3DA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-07-02

Last: 2026-06-18