J. & S. (SITE SERVICES) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01638547 · ltd · incorporated 1982-05-27

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 42.4y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 38320

Sector: Water supply & waste

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 5 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · oldest 42.4y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 42.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)

Directors & officers

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

101 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-09-30
Average employees	200

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2026-07-02
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accounts · AA
2025-06-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-01
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accounts · AA
2024-02-01
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address · AD02
2023-07-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-13
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2022-01-12
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-01-12
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-12-05
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SMITH, Kevin appointed
secretary
2021-12-05
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SMITH, John Patrick resigned
secretary
2021-12-05
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SMITH, John Patrick resigned
director
2021-05-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-06-25
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accounts · AA
2018-07-04
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accounts · AA
2017-07-21
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2017-07-21
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2017-05-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
1997-07-04
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SMITH, Ian appointed
director
1997-07-04
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SMITH, Kevin appointed
director
1997-07-04
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ELSTOB, Raymond resigned
director
1993-04-07
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1993-04-07
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1985-08-02
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1984-02-21
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1984-02-21
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1982-05-27
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Company incorporated
As J. & S. (SITE SERVICES) LIMITED

Owner dependency

84/100

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 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100

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 61. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 44 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

1 low

5 live charges

low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Ian Smith Individual · British · DOB 05/1968 · age 58	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mr Kevin Smith Individual · British · DOB 11/1965 · age 61	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1982-05-27

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC38320 — SIC 38320

Registered office

The Parade

Hendon

Sunderland

SR2 8NT

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-14

Last: 2026-01-31

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

SMITH, Kevin→

secretary · appointed 2021-12-05

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Active

SMITH, Ian→

director · ~58y · appointed 1997-07-04

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Active

SMITH, Kevin→

director · ~61y · appointed 1997-07-04

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Active

SMITH, John Patrick→

secretary · resigned 2021-12-05

Resigned

ELSTOB, Raymond→

director · ~89y · resigned 1997-07-04

Resigned

SMITH, John Patrick→

director · ~89y · resigned 2021-12-05

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	Legal charge	1 property	07/04/1993	—
outstanding	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	Legal charge	1 property	07/04/1993	—
outstanding	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	Debenture	1 property	02/08/1985	—
outstanding	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	Legal charge registered pursuant to an order of court dated 22/5/84	1 property	21/02/1984	—
outstanding	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	Legal charge registered pursuant to an order of court dated 22/5/84	1 property	21/02/1984	—

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Recent filings (101 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-07-02

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-02-05

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-06-26

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-02-03

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-07-01

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-02-07

change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address

address · AD02

2024-02-01

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-07-07

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-02-02

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-08-09

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-01-31

appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date

officers · AP03

2022-01-13

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2022-01-12

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM02

2022-01-12

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2021-05-19