BRUCE JACKSON LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC748740 · ltd · incorporated 2022-10-31
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£98.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Solicitors
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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, 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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
12 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
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 £98,282
Cash YoY
+81%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£162k
↑ 81% YoY
Net Worth
£98k
↑ 905% YoY
Current Assets
£174k
↑ 87% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£35k£69k£104k£139k£174kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£98.3k£9.8k
Current assets£173.7k£92.7k
Cash£161.9k£89.2k
Debtors£11.8k£3.5k
Net assets£98.3k£9.8k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-24
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  3. 2024-07-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-23
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  5. 2023-03-22
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2023-03-22
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2023-03-22
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2023-03-22
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2023-03-20
    BRUCE, Diarmid Noel appointed
    director
  10. 2023-03-20
    SCOTT, Ian appointed
    director
  11. 2022-10-31
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BRUCE JACKSON LTD
  12. 2022-10-31
    BATEMAN, Jackson appointed
    director
  13. 2022-10-31
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BRUCE" — strong identity link between founder and business.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

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 Diarmid Noel Bruce
Individual · British · DOB 12/1969 · age 57
75100%
75-100% shares20/03/2023
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Jackson Batemanceased 20/03/2023· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2022-10-31
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC69102 — Solicitors

Registered office

Oakfield House
378 Brandon Street
Motherwell
ML1 1XA
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-16
Last: 2025-09-02

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

BATEMAN, Jackson
director · ~35y · appointed 2022-10-31
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Active
BRUCE, Diarmid Noel
director · ~57y · appointed 2023-03-20
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Active
SCOTT, Ian
director · ~57y · appointed 2023-03-20
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Active

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Recent filings (12 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-30
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2025-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-04
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2023-03-23
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-03-22
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-03-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-03-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-03-22
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-10-31