JARDINE AND COMPANY (IRONMONGERS) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC041600 · ltd · incorporated 1965-01-11

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

—

year to Sept 2024

Net worth

£354

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Non-trading company

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Dormant / non-trading with a 88-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 88). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

86 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £354

Cash YoY

+0%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£654

~ YoY

Net Worth

£354

~ YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-09-30	2023-09-30
Total assets	£354	£354
Cash	£654	£654
Net assets	£354	£354

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand

2025-06-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-06-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-06-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-06-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-06-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-06-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-06-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-06-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-03-23
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-06-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-03-25
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2014-06-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2014-03-26
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2001-11-09
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JARDINE, Irmgard Frieda appointed
secretary
2001-11-09
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JARDINE, David Andrew resigned
secretary
2001-11-09
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JARDINE, David Andrew resigned
director
1995-01-01
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JARDINE, Ronald James appointed
director
1994-11-01
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JARDINE, Margaret Cowan resigned
director
1965-01-11
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Company incorporated
As JARDINE AND COMPANY (IRONMONGERS) LIMITED

Owner dependency

100/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "JARDINE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 88 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 88 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 61 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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Ronald James Jardine Individual · British · DOB 06/1938 · age 88	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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MATHER PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT LIMITED→ SC317394 · est 2007	£1.0k £851–£1.2k	—	£1.0k	—	19y	82	69y
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J KELLY & SONS (LARKHALL) LIMITED→ SC175597 · est 1997	£2 £2–£2	—	£2	—	28y	80	63y
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CINNAMON 2007 LIMITED→ SC312763 · est 2006	—	—	—	0	19y	82	81y
CLAN CENTRE LIMITED→ SC113050 · est 1988 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	37y	81	62y
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 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

Incorporated1965-01-11

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

Cairn Of Craigs

Georgetown

Dumfries

DG1 4QP

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-14

Last: 2026-02-28

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

JARDINE, Irmgard Frieda→

secretary · appointed 2001-11-09

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Active

JARDINE, Ronald James→

director · ~88y · appointed 1995-01-01

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Active

JARDINE, David Andrew→

secretary · resigned 2001-11-09

Resigned

JARDINE, David Andrew→

director · ~93y · resigned 2001-11-09

Resigned

JARDINE, Margaret Cowan→

director · ~118y · resigned 1994-11-01

Resigned

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