J D JOINERY BONNYBRIDGE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC268602 · ltd · incorporated 2004-06-01
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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not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (56/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
56 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-06-06
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2022-06-06
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2022-06-06
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2022-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-11-17
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2021-11-10
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    GUYAN, Claire Elizabeth Alton appointed
    director
  11. 2021-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-01-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-04-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-01-03
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-07-21
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2017-07-21
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  17. 2017-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2004-06-01
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    Company incorporated
    As J D JOINERY BONNYBRIDGE LIMITED
  19. 2004-06-01
    ➕
    DOUGLAS, Elizabeth Lithgow appointed
    secretary
  20. 2004-06-01
    ➕
    DOUGLAS, Elizabeth Lithgow appointed
    director
  21. 2004-06-01
    ➕
    DOUGLAS, James appointed
    director
  22. 2004-06-01
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2004-06-01
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — 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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Claire Elizabeth Alton Guyan
Individual · British · DOB 12/1982 · age 44
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · firm interest01/06/2022
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mrs Elizabeth Lithgow Douglasceased 01/06/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr James Douglasceased 01/06/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2004-06-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC16230 — Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery

Registered office

Broomhill Road
Bonnybridge
Stirlingshire
FK4 2AP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-15
Last: 2025-06-01

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

DOUGLAS, Elizabeth Lithgow→
secretary · appointed 2004-06-01
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Active
DOUGLAS, Elizabeth Lithgow→
director · ~71y · appointed 2004-06-01
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Active
DOUGLAS, James→
director · ~72y · appointed 2004-06-01
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Active
GUYAN, Claire Elizabeth Alton→
director · ~44y · appointed 2021-11-10
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Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-06-01 · resigned 2004-06-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (56 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-10
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-06-06
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-06-06
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-07
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-22