BJ WELL SERVICES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC313332 · ltd · incorporated 2006-12-11

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£10.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 09100

Sector: Mining & quarrying

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

54 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £10,730

Net assets shrinking

Down £5,528 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£11k

↓ 34% YoY

Current Assets

£32k

↓ 11% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£12.1k	£17.7k
Current assets	£31.9k	£35.7k
Net assets	£10.7k	£16.3k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-11-03
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2023-11-01
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2022-09-12
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2021-08-02
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2020-09-10
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2019-07-31
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2018-07-04
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2017-05-24
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2016-08-04
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2016-01-12
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2015-12-18
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address · AD01
2015-06-17
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accounts · AA
2015-06-05
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2015-01-26
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2014-06-25
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JAMIESON, Gillian Anne resigned
director
2006-12-12
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JAMIESON, Gillian Anne appointed
secretary
2006-12-12
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JAMIESON, Bruce appointed
director
2006-12-12
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
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2006-12-12
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JAMIESON, Gillian Anne appointed
director
2006-12-12
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FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
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2006-12-11
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Company incorporated
As BJ WELL SERVICES LIMITED
2006-12-11
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
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2006-12-11
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FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
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Owner dependency

93/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Bruce Jamieson Individual · British · DOB 09/1965 · age 61	50–75%	—	50-75% shares	11/12/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2006-12-11

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC09100 — SIC 09100

Registered office

The Old City Club

6 Southesk Street

Brechin

Angus

DD9 6DY

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-08

Last: 2025-05-25

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

JAMIESON, Gillian Anne→

secretary · appointed 2006-12-12

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Active

JAMIESON, Bruce→

director · ~61y · appointed 2006-12-12

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Active

FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-12-11 · resigned 2006-12-12

Resigned

JAMIESON, Gillian Anne→

director · ~59y · appointed 2006-12-12 · resigned 2014-06-25

Resigned

FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-12-11 · resigned 2006-12-12

Resigned

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