J.D.R.B. LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC229844 · ltd · incorporated 2002-04-02
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
67 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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees700700

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
3
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-15
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  2. 2026-04-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-10-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-10-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-07-19
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-12-20
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    MUIR, Gillian appointed
    director
  12. 2017-12-20
    ➕
    MUIR, Graham Robert appointed
    director
  13. 2017-12-20
    ➖
    EGAN, Dain Michael resigned
    secretary
  14. 2017-12-20
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  15. 2017-12-20
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    officers · AP01
  16. 2017-12-20
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    officers · AP01
  17. 2017-12-15
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    address · AD01
  18. 2017-09-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2008-03-31
    ➖
    DOW, Ruth Anne resigned
    director
  20. 2004-12-13
    ➕
    DOW, Ruth Anne appointed
    director
  21. 2004-11-12
    ➕
    MUIR, Colin David Findlay appointed
    director
  22. 2004-10-02
    ➖
    DOW, Jon Magnus resigned
    director
  23. 2004-03-05
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    BRUCE, Roderick Philip Brodie resigned
    director
  24. 2002-04-02
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    Company incorporated
    As J.D.R.B. LIMITED
  25. 2002-04-02
    ➕
    EGAN, Dain Michael appointed
    secretary
  26. 2002-04-02
    ➕
    BRUCE, Roderick Philip Brodie appointed
    director
  27. 2002-04-02
    ➕
    DOW, Jon Magnus appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Joan Elizabeth Muir
Individual · British · DOB 05/1951 · age 75
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting27/03/2026
Mr Colin David Findlay Muir
Individual · British · DOB 10/1950 · age 76
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2002-04-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46380 — Wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs

Registered office

Unit 10 Orchardbank Industrial Estate
Forfar
Angus
DD8 1TD
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-14
Last: 2026-03-31

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

MUIR, Colin David Findlay→
director · ~76y · appointed 2004-11-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MUIR, Gillian→
director · ~47y · appointed 2017-12-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MUIR, Graham Robert→
director · ~50y · appointed 2017-12-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
EGAN, Dain Michael→
secretary · appointed 2002-04-02 · resigned 2017-12-20
Resigned
BRUCE, Roderick Philip Brodie→
director · ~68y · appointed 2002-04-02 · resigned 2004-03-05
Resigned
DOW, Jon Magnus→
director · ~69y · appointed 2002-04-02 · resigned 2004-10-02
Resigned
DOW, Ruth Anne→
director · ~65y · appointed 2004-12-13 · resigned 2008-03-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (67 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-15
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-04-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-06