JKS SCOTLAND LIMITED

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SC390803 · ltd · incorporated 2010-12-23
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
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£1.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of clothing and footwear
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47640SIC 47640
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). 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 (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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
39 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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,312

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£1k
↑ 68% YoY
Current Assets
£11k
↑ 22% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£2k£4k£7k£9k£11kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£1.3k£779
Current assets£11.0k£9.0k
Net assets£1.3k£779

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
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filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-10
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  2. 2025-04-29
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    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-04-29
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  4. 2025-04-29
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  5. 2024-07-02
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  6. 2023-08-21
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  7. 2022-06-22
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  8. 2021-12-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2021-09-15
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  10. 2020-12-22
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  11. 2019-12-23
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  12. 2019-10-07
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2019-10-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2019-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-05-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2019-05-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2018-06-22
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  18. 2010-12-23
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    Company incorporated
    As JKS SCOTLAND LIMITED
  19. 2010-12-23
    ➕
    GIANNANDREA, Paul appointed
    director

Owner dependency

98/100
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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 15 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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 59. 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 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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
Mr Paul Giannandrea
Individual · British · DOB 10/1967 · age 59
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2010-12-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46420 — Wholesale of clothing and footwear

Registered office

C/O Haines Watts, Cluny Court John Smith Business Park
Chapelton Drive
Kirkcaldy
Fife
KY2 6QJ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-06
Last: 2025-12-23

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

GIANNANDREA, Paul→
director · ~59y · appointed 2010-12-23
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Recent filings (39 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-23