JAMES CORDINER & SON LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC019070 · ltd · incorporated 1936-04-18
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 52.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 16240
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 46130SIC 46130
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 52.4y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 52.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
124 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees181900

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-02-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-03-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-10-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2021-08-27
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  8. 2021-08-27
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    Charge satisfied #1
  9. 2021-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-03-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-06-20
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  13. 2018-06-20
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  14. 2018-06-20
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2018-06-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2018-06-18
    ➕
    CORDINER, Stuart James Alfred appointed
    secretary
  17. 2018-06-18
    ➖
    CORDINER, James Stephen resigned
    secretary
  18. 2018-06-18
    ➖
    CORDINER, James Stephen resigned
    director
  19. 2018-04-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2017-04-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  21. 2009-11-12
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    CORDINER, Pauline Ann appointed
    director
  22. 2008-03-01
    ➖
    CORDINER, James Ritchie resigned
    director
  23. 1998-07-01
    ➕
    CORDINER, Stuart James Alfred appointed
    director
  24. 1996-08-11
    ➖
    CORDINER, Alfred George resigned
    director
  25. 1973-11-26
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Limited
  26. 1936-04-18
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As JAMES CORDINER & SON LIMITED

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CORDINER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • 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 90 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stuart James Alfred Cordiner
Individual · British · DOB 09/1970 · age 56
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1936-04-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC16240 — SIC 16240

Registered office

Cordiner House
50 Sinclair Road
Aberdeen
AB11 9PN
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-13
Last: 2025-11-29

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

CORDINER, Stuart James Alfred→
secretary · appointed 2018-06-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CORDINER, Pauline Ann→
director · ~55y · appointed 2009-11-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CORDINER, Stuart James Alfred→
director · ~56y · appointed 1998-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CORDINER, James Stephen→
secretary · resigned 2018-06-18
Resigned
CORDINER, Alfred George→
director · ~118y · resigned 1996-08-11
Resigned
CORDINER, James Stephen→
director · ~86y · resigned 2018-06-18
Resigned
CORDINER, James Ritchie→
director · ~83y · resigned 2008-03-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Limited
Floating charge1 property26/11/197327/08/2021

Recent filings (124 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-10-04
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2021-08-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-31