SJM CONSULTING (SCOTLAND) LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC749967 · ltd · incorporated 2022-11-10
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2025
Net worth
£14.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Technical and vocational secondary education
Sector: Education
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: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
22 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 £14,386
Net assets shrinking
Down £12,184 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£14k
↓ 46% YoY
Current Assets
£22k
↓ 38% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£7k£14k£21k£29k£36kNov 2024Nov 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-11-302024-11-30
Total assets£14.4k£26.6k
Current assets£22.3k£35.8k
Net assets£14.4k£26.6k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-05-23
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  3. 2024-05-16
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  4. 2024-02-29
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  9. 2023-11-23
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  10. 2023-11-23
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  13. 2022-11-22
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  14. 2022-11-22
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  17. 2022-11-22
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  18. 2022-11-10
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    Company incorporated
    As SJM CONSULTING (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
  19. 2022-11-10
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    MCLAUGHLIN, Noreen appointed
    director
  20. 2022-11-10
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    MCLAUGHLIN, Stephen John appointed
    director
  21. 2022-11-10
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Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stephen John Mclaughlin
Individual · British · DOB 07/1976 · age 50
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting10/11/2022
Mrs Noreen Mclaughlin
Individual · British · DOB 04/1980 · age 46
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting10/11/2022

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
Incorporated2022-11-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85320 — Technical and vocational secondary education

Registered office

C/O Johnston Carmichael Bishop's Court
29 Albyn Place
Aberdeen
AB10 1YL
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-06
Last: 2025-11-22

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MCLAUGHLIN, Noreen→
director · ~46y · appointed 2022-11-10
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Active
MCLAUGHLIN, Stephen John→
director · ~50y · appointed 2022-11-10
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Active

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Recent filings (22 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-02-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-29
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-02-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-11-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
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