JAMES ENGINEERING (SCOTLAND) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC386051 · ltd · incorporated 2010-09-27
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 24330
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 24530SIC 24530
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 2 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
35 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
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£0£27k£55k£82k£110k£137kAug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Total assets—£55.5k
Current assets—£136.9k
Cash—£72.7k
Debtors—£64.2k
Net assets—£55.5k
Average employees200—

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

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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
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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 (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-26
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  2. 2024-05-30
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  3. 2023-09-23
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  4. 2023-09-20
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  5. 2023-08-15
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  6. 2023-07-25
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  7. 2022-05-16
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  8. 2021-05-31
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  9. 2020-10-27
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  10. 2019-04-24
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  11. 2018-04-16
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  12. 2017-05-30
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  13. 2016-05-17
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  14. 2015-10-15
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  15. 2015-10-14
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  16. 2010-09-27
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    Company incorporated
    As JAMES ENGINEERING (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
  17. 2010-09-27
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    CHISHOLM, Louise Barbara-Anne appointed
    director
  18. 2010-09-27
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    CHISHOLM, Michael Stewart appointed
    director

Owner dependency

89/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 16 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Louise Barbara Anne Chisholm
Individual · British · DOB 05/1974 · age 52
——sig. influencesignificant influence01/06/2016

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
Incorporated2010-09-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC24330 — SIC 24330

Registered office

The Control Centre
West Quarry Industrial Estate
Ballachulish
Argyll
PH49 4JP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-08
Last: 2025-09-24

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

CHISHOLM, Louise Barbara-Anne→
director · ~52y · appointed 2010-09-27
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CHISHOLM, Michael Stewart→
director · ~62y · appointed 2010-09-27
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Recent filings (35 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-03
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accounts · AA
2025-06-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-22
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accounts · AA
2024-05-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-12
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gazette · DISS40
2023-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-20
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dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2023-08-15
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-16
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-28
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accounts · AA
2021-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-24