JACOB 12 LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC191058 · ltd · incorporated 1998-11-12
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49320
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
12 officers (3 active, 12 linked, 8 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
77 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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.

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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2024Nov 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-11-302024-11-30

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-01
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  2. 2025-08-13
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  3. 2024-08-09
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  4. 2023-08-18
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  5. 2022-08-29
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  6. 2021-07-28
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  7. 2020-11-15
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  8. 2019-07-30
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  9. 2018-08-07
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  10. 2017-08-03
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  11. 2016-08-01
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  12. 2015-11-19
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  13. 2015-08-16
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  14. 2014-11-23
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  15. 2014-07-29
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2006-11-16
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    BRUCE, Thomas Alexander Watson resigned
    director
  17. 2006-01-17
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    GRAY, Gary Robert appointed
    director
  18. 2006-01-17
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    DUNBAR, Carolyn resigned
    secretary
  19. 2006-01-17
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    DUNBAR, Carolyn resigned
    director
  20. 2006-01-17
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    DUNBAR, Reginald Baillie resigned
    director
  21. 2006-01-16
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    GRAY, Heather Anne appointed
    secretary
  22. 2006-01-16
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    GRAY, Heather Anne appointed
    director
  23. 2004-12-30
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    MCKENZIE, George Thomas resigned
    secretary
  24. 2004-12-30
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    RENDALL, Ian Mcphail resigned
    director
  25. 2004-11-18
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    DUNBAR, Carolyn appointed
    secretary
  26. 2004-11-18
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    BRUCE, Thomas Alexander Watson appointed
    director
  27. 2004-11-18
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    DUNBAR, Carolyn appointed
    director
  28. 2004-11-18
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    DUNBAR, Reginald Baillie appointed
    director
  29. 2004-11-18
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    RENDALL, Winifred resigned
    director
  30. 2004-10-25
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    ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL & HARLEY resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  31. 2002-10-30
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    MCKENZIE, George Thomas appointed
    secretary
  32. 1998-12-16
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    MURRAY, Stuart Ritchie resigned
    nominee-director
  33. 1998-12-16
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    RENDALL, Ian Mcphail appointed
    director
  34. 1998-12-16
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    RENDALL, Winifred appointed
    director
  35. 1998-11-12
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    Company incorporated
    As JACOB 12 LIMITED
  36. 1998-11-12
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    ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL & HARLEY appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  37. 1998-11-12
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    MURRAY, Stuart Ritchie appointed
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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 Gary Robert Gray
Individual · Scottish · DOB 05/1963 · age 63
25–50%
—board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · board control · significant influence · trust interest · firm interest12/11/2016

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
Incorporated1998-11-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49320 — SIC 49320

Registered office

18 Southfield Farm Grove
Edinburgh
EH15 1SR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-13
Last: 2025-11-29

Officers (3 active · 9 resigned)

GRAY, Heather Anne→
secretary · appointed 2006-01-16
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Active
GRAY, Gary Robert→
director · ~63y · appointed 2006-01-17
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Active
GRAY, Heather Anne→
director · ~61y · appointed 2006-01-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DUNBAR, Carolyn→
secretary · appointed 2004-11-18 · resigned 2006-01-17
Resigned
MCKENZIE, George Thomas→
secretary · appointed 2002-10-30 · resigned 2004-12-30
Resigned
ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL & HARLEY→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-11-12 · resigned 2004-10-25
Resigned
BRUCE, Thomas Alexander Watson→
director · ~57y · appointed 2004-11-18 · resigned 2006-11-16
Resigned
DUNBAR, Carolyn→
director · ~60y · appointed 2004-11-18 · resigned 2006-01-17
Resigned
DUNBAR, Reginald Baillie→
director · ~85y · appointed 2004-11-18 · resigned 2006-01-17
Resigned
MURRAY, Stuart Ritchie→
nominee-director · ~65y · appointed 1998-11-12 · resigned 1998-12-16
Resigned
RENDALL, Ian Mcphail→
director · ~96y · appointed 1998-12-16 · resigned 2004-12-30
Resigned
RENDALL, Winifred→
director · ~92y · appointed 1998-12-16 · resigned 2004-11-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (77 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-08-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-08-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-07-30