J. DANSKIN & COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC045312 · ltd · incorporated 1967-12-15
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 50.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Dec 2021
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
48/100
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed admin-neglect survivor — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 48/100 (watch), bankability 55/100. Biggest value-creation lever: File overdue accounts. Clears statutory overdue flag — immediate bankability uplift for refinance conversations. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (38/100). Current lenders should be on monthly review.

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · oldest 50.4y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 50.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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

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
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
18 officers (2 active, 18 linked, 14 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
20 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
149 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
48/100Watch
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Not actionable now, but monitor — distressed, succession, or structural changes could flip this into a real opportunity.

Business quality
45
Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
23
Multiple red flags — proceed with caution.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2020Dec 2021

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2021-12-312020-12-31
Average employees00

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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
2
filings
  • 1 gazette
  • 1 dissolution
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • 2 gazette
  • 1 dissolution
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 2 gazette
  • 1 dissolution
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (60 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-05
    📄
    gazette-notice-voluntary
    gazette · GAZ1(A)
  2. 2026-04-27
    📄
    dissolution-application-strike-off-company
    dissolution · DS01
  3. 2026-04-07
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  4. 2025-10-14
    📄
    legacy
    restoration · AC93
  5. 2023-11-07
    📄
    gazette-dissolved-voluntary
    gazette · GAZ2(A)
  6. 2023-08-22
    📄
    gazette-notice-voluntary
    gazette · GAZ1(A)
  7. 2023-08-15
    📄
    dissolution-application-strike-off-company
    dissolution · DS01
  8. 2023-06-29
    📄
    capital-statement-capital-company-with-date-currency-figure
    capital · SH19
  9. 2023-06-29
    📄
    legacy
    capital · SH20
  10. 2023-06-29
    ⚠️
    legacy
    insolvency · CAP-SS
  11. 2023-06-29
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  12. 2022-08-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-09-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-04-11
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2021-04-11
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2021-04-11
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  17. 2021-03-31
    WATKINS, Andrew appointed
    director
  18. 2021-03-31
    DOSANJH, Kulbinder Kaur resigned
    secretary
  19. 2021-03-31
    DOSANJH, Kulbinder Kaur resigned
    director
  20. 2021-01-11
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  21. 2020-09-17
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  22. 2019-11-12
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  23. 2019-11-12
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  24. 2019-11-12
    📄
    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  25. 2019-10-18
    DOSANJH, Kulbinder Kaur appointed
    secretary
  26. 2019-10-18
    MONRO, Richard Charles resigned
    secretary
  27. 2019-10-18
    DOSANJH, Kulbinder Kaur appointed
    director
  28. 2019-10-18
    MONRO, Richard Charles resigned
    director
  29. 2014-03-31
    JACKSON, Ian appointed
    director
  30. 2014-03-31
    ROE, Darren resigned
    director
  31. 2011-09-14
    HUDSON, Jonathan Adrian resigned
    director
  32. 2011-09-14
    ROE, Darren appointed
    director
  33. 2010-09-30
    FOTHERINGHAM, Colin George Ewing resigned
    director
  34. 2010-09-30
    MONRO, Richard Charles appointed
    director
  35. 2008-11-03
    DANSKIN, John resigned
    director
  36. 2008-04-17
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #5
  37. 2008-04-17
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #4
  38. 2008-04-17
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #3
  39. 2008-04-17
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #1
  40. 2008-03-19
    DANSKIN, Mairi Elizabeth resigned
    secretary
  41. 2008-03-19
    MONRO, Richard Charles appointed
    secretary
  42. 2008-03-19
    DANSKIN, Anne Finlayson resigned
    director
  43. 2008-03-19
    DANSKIN, John Finlayson resigned
    director
  44. 2008-03-19
    DANSKIN, Mairi Elizabeth resigned
    director
  45. 2008-03-19
    FOTHERINGHAM, Colin George Ewing appointed
    director
  46. 2008-03-19
    HUDSON, Jonathan Adrian appointed
    director
  47. 2007-10-12
    FINLAYSON, Donald Ian resigned
    director
  48. 2005-03-29
    DANSKIN, Mairi Elizabeth appointed
    director
  49. 1999-10-14
    🔒
    Charge registered #5
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  50. 1998-10-22
    🔒
    Charge registered #4
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
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Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

Succession & seller-readiness

54/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 58 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

3 high · 1 med ·
Accounts overdue
high

Statutory accounts have not been filed by their due date. Can indicate admin breakdown, cash preservation, or deliberate delay.

Evidence: Next due: 2023-09-30

Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2024-01-01

1 insolvency-related filing on record
high

Filings relating to insolvency, liquidation, or administration exist in the company's history. Review before proceeding.

Evidence: 2023-06-29: legacy

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Sig Trading Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Sig Trading Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
J. DANSKIN & COMPANY LIMITED
This company · SC045312

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Sig Trading Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
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.

🔒Co-director network graph

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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10 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.

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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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1967-12-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Sig Distribution Coddington Crescent
Holytown
Motherwell
North Lanarkshire
ML1 4YF
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2023-09-30OVERDUE
Last made up to: 2021-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2024-01-01OVERDUE
Last: 2022-12-18

Officers (2 active · 16 resigned)

JACKSON, Ian
director · ~47y · appointed 2014-03-31
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Active
WATKINS, Andrew
director · ~52y · appointed 2021-03-31
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Active
DANSKIN, Anne Finlayson
secretary · resigned 1996-12-31
Resigned
DANSKIN, Mairi Elizabeth
secretary · appointed 1996-12-31 · resigned 2008-03-19
Resigned
DOSANJH, Kulbinder Kaur
secretary · appointed 2019-10-18 · resigned 2021-03-31
Resigned
MONRO, Richard Charles
secretary · appointed 2008-03-19 · resigned 2019-10-18
Resigned
DANSKIN, Anne Finlayson
director · ~88y · resigned 2008-03-19
Resigned
DANSKIN, John Finlayson
director · ~65y · appointed 1990-03-22 · resigned 2008-03-19
Resigned
DANSKIN, John
director · ~94y · resigned 2008-11-03
Resigned
DANSKIN, Mairi Elizabeth
director · ~61y · appointed 2005-03-29 · resigned 2008-03-19
Resigned
DOSANJH, Kulbinder Kaur
director · ~54y · appointed 2019-10-18 · resigned 2021-03-31
Resigned
FINLAYSON, Donald Ian
director · ~83y · appointed 1998-06-30 · resigned 2007-10-12
Resigned
FOTHERINGHAM, Colin George Ewing
director · ~75y · appointed 2008-03-19 · resigned 2010-09-30
Resigned
HISLOP, David Ian
director · ~78y · resigned 1995-07-10
Resigned
HUDSON, Jonathan Adrian
director · ~70y · appointed 2008-03-19 · resigned 2011-09-14
Resigned
MONRO, Richard Charles
director · ~68y · appointed 2010-09-30 · resigned 2019-10-18
Resigned
PARKER, David Gordon
director · ~73y · appointed 1995-09-18 · resigned 1996-12-09
Resigned
ROE, Darren
director · ~49y · appointed 2011-09-14 · resigned 2014-03-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Standard security1 property14/10/199917/04/2008
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Standard security1 property22/10/199817/04/2008
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Floating charge1 property30/06/199817/04/2008
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Standard security1 property10/12/197517/04/2008

Recent filings (149 total)

gazette-notice-voluntary
gazette · GAZ1(A)
2026-05-05
dissolution-application-strike-off-company
dissolution · DS01
2026-04-27
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-04-07
legacy
restoration · AC93
2025-10-14
gazette-dissolved-voluntary
gazette · GAZ2(A)
2023-11-07
gazette-notice-voluntary
gazette · GAZ1(A)
2023-08-22
dissolution-application-strike-off-company
dissolution · DS01
2023-08-15
capital-statement-capital-company-with-date-currency-figure
capital · SH19
2023-06-29
legacy
capital · SH20
2023-06-29
legacy
insolvency · CAP-SS
2023-06-29
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-08-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-09-21