J. DOCHERTY & SONS LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC335286 · ltd · incorporated 2007-12-14

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 49390

Sector: Transportation & storage

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

49410Freight transport by road

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 85). 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, 2 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

9 officers (6 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

55 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.

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	4000	4000

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2025-12-23
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2024-09-20
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2023-12-21
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2022-12-22
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2021-12-23
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2020-12-24
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2019-12-19
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2018-12-20
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2017-12-21
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2017-01-07
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2015-12-18
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2015-11-12
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2014-12-24
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2014-12-18
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2007-12-14
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Company incorporated
As J. DOCHERTY & SONS LTD.
2007-12-14
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DOCHERTY, Colin appointed
secretary
2007-12-14
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DOCHERTY, Colin appointed
director
2007-12-14
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DOCHERTY, Edith Wilma appointed
director
2007-12-14
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DOCHERTY, James appointed
director
2007-12-14
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DOCHERTY, Neil appointed
director
2007-12-14
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DOCHERTY, William James appointed
director
2007-12-14
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PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2007-12-14
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PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
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2007-12-14
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PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2007-12-14
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PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
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2007-12-14
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PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD. appointed
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2007-12-14
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PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD. resigned
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Owner dependency

88/100

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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "DOCHERTY" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

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 85 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr James Docherty Individual · British · DOB 10/1941 · age 85	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Mrs Edith Wilma Docherty Individual · British · DOB 06/1946 · age 80	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2007-12-14

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC49390 — SIC 49390

Registered office

Priory Park

Auchterarder

Perthshire

PH3 1AE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-28

Last: 2025-12-14

Officers (6 active · 3 resigned)

DOCHERTY, Colin→

secretary · appointed 2007-12-14

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Active

DOCHERTY, Colin→

director · ~56y · appointed 2007-12-14

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Active

DOCHERTY, Edith Wilma→

director · ~80y · appointed 2007-12-14

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Active

DOCHERTY, James→

director · ~85y · appointed 2007-12-14

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Active

DOCHERTY, Neil→

director · ~52y · appointed 2007-12-14

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Active

DOCHERTY, William James→

director · ~62y · appointed 2007-12-14

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Active

PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-12-14 · resigned 2007-12-14

Resigned

PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-12-14 · resigned 2007-12-14

Resigned

PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD.→

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Resigned

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Recent filings (55 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-01-23

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-12-23

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-12-20

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-09-20

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-12-21

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-12-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-12-22

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-12-16

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accounts · AA

2021-12-23

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-12-21

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-12-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2020-12-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2019-12-19

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2019-12-17

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2018-12-20