JKFS (NI) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
NI067117 · ltd · incorporated 2007-11-14
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
48 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2024Nov 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-11-302024-11-30

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-01-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-08-23
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  9. 2019-08-23
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  10. 2019-08-23
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  11. 2019-06-12
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2019-05-15
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    MCCANDLESS, Christopher resigned
    secretary
  13. 2019-05-15
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    MCCANDLESS, Christopher resigned
    director
  14. 2018-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-01-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-12-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2010-04-14
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    GRAHAM, Duncan appointed
    director
  19. 2007-11-14
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    Company incorporated
    As JKFS (NI) LIMITED
  20. 2007-11-14
    ➕
    JOHNSTON, David Graham appointed
    director
  21. 2007-11-14
    ➕
    MCCANDLESS, Christopher appointed
    secretary
  22. 2007-11-14
    ➕
    C.S. SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2007-11-14
    ➖
    C.S. SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2007-11-14
    ➕
    MCCANDLESS, Christopher appointed
    director
  25. 2007-11-14
    ➕
    CS DIRECTOR SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  26. 2007-11-14
    ➖
    CS DIRECTOR SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
David Graham Johnston
Individual · British · DOB 07/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2007-11-14
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

C/O Johnston Kennedy Dfk
10 Pilots View
Heron Road
Belfast
BT3 9LE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-28
Last: 2025-11-14

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

GRAHAM, Duncan→
director · ~68y · appointed 2010-04-14
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Active
JOHNSTON, David Graham→
director · ~61y · appointed 2007-11-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCCANDLESS, Christopher→
secretary · appointed 2007-11-14 · resigned 2019-05-15
Resigned
C.S. SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-11-14 · resigned 2007-11-14
Resigned
MCCANDLESS, Christopher→
director · ~56y · appointed 2007-11-14 · resigned 2019-05-15
Resigned
CS DIRECTOR SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2007-11-14 · resigned 2007-11-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (48 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-10
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2019-08-23