JESROE (SERVICES) LIMITED
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).
Refinance opportunity
5 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 23.4y
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 23.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 35/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
- · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Gross profit | £1.19M | — |
| Operating profit | £296.6k | — |
| Profit before tax | £297.8k | — |
| Average employees | 3000 | 2700 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-06📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC08
- 2023-03-06📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-03-06📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-02-27📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-02-24📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2023-02-21📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2023-02-10➕O'REILLY, Ana appointeddirector
- 2022-11-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-10-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2016-05-26🔒Charge registered #5Lender: Ulster Bank Limited
- 2009-05-14🔓Charge satisfied #4
- 2007-11-27🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Conocophillips Limited
- 2006-10-23🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2006-08-11🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Ulster Bank Limited
- 2006-08-11🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Ulster Bank Limited
- 2002-12-20🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Aib Group (UK) PLC
- 1998-03-16🏢Company incorporatedAs JESROE (SERVICES) LIMITED
- 1998-03-16➕O'REILLY, Janet Elizabeth appointedsecretary
- 1998-03-16➕O'REILLY, Arthur Eugene appointeddirector
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — O'REILLY, Ana (same surname) appointed 2023-02-10. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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
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8 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 →Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | NatWest Group Ulster Bank Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 26/05/2016 | — | |
| satisfied | Conocophillips Conocophillips Limited | Mortgage or charge | 1 property | 27/11/2007 | 14/05/2009 | |
| outstanding | NatWest Group Ulster Bank Limited | Mortgage or charge | 1 property | 11/08/2006 | — | |
| outstanding | NatWest Group Ulster Bank Limited | Debenture | 1 property | 11/08/2006 | — | |
| satisfied | Aib Group (UK) Aib Group (UK) PLC | Mortgage or charge | 1 property | 20/12/2002 | 23/10/2006 |