ST BOSWELLS LLP
💤Zombieactive
SO301171 · llp · incorporated 2006-12-22
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
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book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 16.4y
30/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 16.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (76/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, no SIC, incorporation date
80
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
63 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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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 · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
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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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-22📄confirmation-statement-with-no-updatesconfirmation-statement · LLCS01
- 2025-04-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-24📄confirmation-statement-with-no-updatesconfirmation-statement · LLCS01
- 2024-06-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-03📄confirmation-statement-with-no-updatesconfirmation-statement · LLCS01
- 2023-05-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-04📄confirmation-statement-with-no-updatesconfirmation-statement · LLCS01
- 2022-09-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-28📄confirmation-statement-with-no-updatesconfirmation-statement · LLCS01
- 2021-10-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-28📄confirmation-statement-with-no-updatesconfirmation-statement · LLCS01
- 2020-06-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-23📄confirmation-statement-with-no-updatesconfirmation-statement · LLCS01
- 2019-07-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-12📍change-registered-office-address-limited-liability-partnership-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · LLAD01
- 2019-06-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnershippersons-with-significant-control · LLPSC05
- 2019-06-12📄change-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-dateofficers · LLCH01
- 2019-06-12📄change-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-dateofficers · LLCH01
- 2019-01-26📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2019-01-24📄confirmation-statement-with-no-updatesconfirmation-statement · LLCS01
- 2018-12-04📄dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspendeddissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
- 2018-11-27📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2018-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-07-31➖MACKINNON, Iain Lachlan resignedllp-designated-member
- 2015-07-31➖OAKFIELD PORTFOLIO LLP resignedcorporate-llp-member
- 2009-12-21🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Scottish Enterprise
- 2009-12-04🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Tsb Scotland PLC
- 2009-07-21➕JACKSON HOWARD LLP appointedcorporate-llp-member
- 2009-07-21➕OAKFIELD PORTFOLIO LLP appointedcorporate-llp-member
- 2006-12-22🏢Company incorporatedAs ST BOSWELLS LLP
- 2006-12-22➕JACKSON, Trevor Howard appointedllp-designated-member
- 2006-12-22➕MACKINNON, Iain Lachlan appointedllp-designated-member
Owner dependency
50/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
Succession & seller-readiness
40/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Jackson Howard Llp holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.
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Jackson Howard Llp
Corporate parent
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Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Trevor Howard Jackson Individual · British · DOB 06/1966 · age 60 | — | — | control reported | 06/04/2016 |
Jackson Howard Llp Corporate entity | — | — | control reported | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| 1019 LIMITED→ SC431521 · est 2012 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 13y | — | — |
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| 17 HIGH STREET LIMITED→ SC871019 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1ST FOR FENCING LIMITED→ SC554688 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
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| 2247 LTD.→ 07146955 · est 2010 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 16y | — | — |
| 3 CORE ELECTRICAL LIMITED→ 07312465 · est 2010 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 15y | — | — |
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typellp
Incorporated2006-12-22
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC—
Registered office
Charlesfield Farm Charlesfield
St Boswells
Melrose
Roxburghshire
TD6 0HH
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-05
Last: 2025-12-22
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
JACKSON, Trevor Howard→
Activellp-designated-member · ~60y · appointed 2006-12-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
JACKSON HOWARD LLP→
Activecorporate-llp-member · appointed 2009-07-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MACKINNON, Iain Lachlan→
Resignedllp-designated-member · ~66y · appointed 2006-12-22 · resigned 2015-07-31
OAKFIELD PORTFOLIO LLP→
Resignedcorporate-llp-member · appointed 2009-07-21 · resigned 2015-07-31
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Scottish Enterprise | Standard security | 1 property | 21/12/2009 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 04/12/2009 | — |
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Recent filings (63 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2025-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2024-12-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2024-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2023-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2021-12-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2021-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2019-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-08