J L WEST LTD.

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SC299758 · ltd · incorporated 2006-03-28
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£176.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 03110
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
63 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £176,302
Net assets shrinking
Down £27,917 YoY
Cash YoY
-15%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£199k
↓ 15% YoY
Net Worth
£176k
↓ 14% YoY
Current Assets
£200k
Current Liabilities
—
£0£47k£93k£140k£187k£233kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£176.3k£204.2k
Current assets£199.7k—
Cash£199.3k£233.4k
Debtors£338—
Net assets£176.3k£204.2k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-08
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-08-24
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-10-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2021-10-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2021-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-05-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2019-05-28
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    officers · CH01
  12. 2019-05-28
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  13. 2019-05-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2019-05-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2019-05-28
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    address · AD01
  16. 2018-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-08-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2008-04-06
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    WEST, Marjory Grace appointed
    director
  19. 2006-03-28
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    Company incorporated
    As J L WEST LTD.
  20. 2006-03-28
    ➕
    WEST, Marjory Grace appointed
    secretary
  21. 2006-03-28
    ➕
    WEST, James Lovie appointed
    director
  22. 2006-03-28
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2006-03-28
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2006-03-28
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2006-03-28
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "WEST" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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 20 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
Mrs Marjory Grace West
Individual · British · DOB 05/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr James Lovie West
Individual · British · DOB 01/1955 · age 71
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
Incorporated2006-03-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC03110 — SIC 03110

Registered office

36 Crawford Avenue
Fraserburgh
Aberdeenshire
AB43 7FR
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-11
Last: 2026-03-28

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

WEST, Marjory Grace→
secretary · appointed 2006-03-28
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Active
WEST, James Lovie→
director · ~71y · appointed 2006-03-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WEST, Marjory Grace→
director · ~66y · appointed 2008-04-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-03-28 · resigned 2006-03-28
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-03-28 · resigned 2006-03-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (63 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-10-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-30