JACKSON STEEL STRUCTURES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC047786 · ltd · incorporated 1970-07-27
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£1.45M
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other construction installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -31% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 16.7y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 16.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
111 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,452,289
Net assets shrinking
Down £175,817 YoY
Cash YoY
-31%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£706k
↓ 31% YoY
Net Worth
£1.5m
↓ 11% YoY
Current Assets
£1.5m
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£326k£651k£977k£1.3m£1.6mDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£1.48M£1.67M
Current assets£1.50M£1.51M
Cash£706.1k£1.03M
Debtors£752.9k£449.9k
Net assets£1.45M£1.63M

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

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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
0
filings
Last 90 days
8
filings
  • • 4 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 2 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
8
filings
  • • 4 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 2 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-07
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-04-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-04-03
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  4. 2026-04-03
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2026-04-03
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2026-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2025-04-15
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2025-04-01
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    D'ARCY, Thomas Michael appointed
    director
  9. 2025-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2024-04-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  11. 2023-03-31
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  12. 2022-04-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  13. 2021-05-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-04-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-04-01
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    officers · TM01
  16. 2020-03-31
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    MCARTHUR, Stewart resigned
    director
  17. 2019-05-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2009-09-08
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  19. 2009-03-20
    ➕
    MCARTHUR, Stephen appointed
    director
  20. 2001-03-28
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    D'ARCY, Clarence John resigned
    director
  21. 2000-09-21
    ➕
    D'ARCY, Michael John appointed
    secretary
  22. 2000-09-21
    ➖
    D'ARCY, Anneliese Louise resigned
    secretary
  23. 2000-09-21
    ➖
    D'ARCY, Anneliese Louise resigned
    director
  24. 1996-01-01
    ➕
    D'ARCY, Michael John appointed
    director
  25. 1970-07-27
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    Company incorporated
    As JACKSON STEEL STRUCTURES LIMITED

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

20/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — D'ARCY, Thomas Michael (same surname) appointed 2025-04-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Thomas Michael D'Arcy
Individual · British · DOB 08/1991 · age 35
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting17/12/2025
Mr Stephen Mcarthur
Individual · British · DOB 04/1980 · age 46
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Michael John D'Arcyceased 17/12/2025· 50-75% shares

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
Incorporated1970-07-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43290 — Other construction installation

Registered office

Densfield Works
Tannadice Street
Dundee
DD3 7QP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-17
Last: 2026-04-03

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

D'ARCY, Michael John→
secretary · appointed 2000-09-21
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Active
D'ARCY, Michael John→
director · ~60y · appointed 1996-01-01
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Active
D'ARCY, Thomas Michael→
director · ~35y · appointed 2025-04-01
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Active
MCARTHUR, Stephen→
director · ~46y · appointed 2009-03-20
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Active
D'ARCY, Anneliese Louise→
secretary · resigned 2000-09-21
Resigned
D'ARCY, Anneliese Louise→
director · ~87y · resigned 2000-09-21
Resigned
D'ARCY, Clarence John→
director · ~87y · resigned 2001-03-28
Resigned
MCARTHUR, Stewart→
director · ~74y · resigned 2020-03-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Floating charge1 property08/09/2009—
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Recent filings (111 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-03
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-03
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-04-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-31