JRN VENTURES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC051220 · ltd · incorporated 1972-08-16
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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year to Aug 2024
Net worth
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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 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
100 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
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Average employees200200

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2023-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-12-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2022-11-16
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    MORISON, John appointed
    director
  7. 2022-07-19
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  8. 2022-05-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-05-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-05-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2021-05-11
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  12. 2020-05-28
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-01-03
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    officers · TM01
  14. 2019-12-31
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    MCNICOLL, Agnes Jane Robertson resigned
    director
  15. 2019-02-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-01-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2009-07-17
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    MORISON, Jane Vivien appointed
    secretary
  18. 2009-07-17
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    MCNICOLL, Alexander resigned
    secretary
  19. 2009-07-17
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    MCNICOLL, Alexander resigned
    director
  20. 2003-09-01
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    MORISON, Jane Vivien appointed
    director
  21. 1992-04-01
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    MORISON, Jane Vivien resigned
    director
  22. 1991-11-01
    ➕
    MORISON, Jane Vivien appointed
    director
  23. 1972-08-16
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    Company incorporated
    As JRN VENTURES 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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 54 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
Mrs Jane Vivien Morison
Individual · British · DOB 03/1964 · age 62
——sig. influencesignificant influence · firm interest06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1972-08-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

15 Bailielands
Linlithgow
West Lothian
EH49 7ST
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-01
Last: 2025-11-17

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

MORISON, Jane Vivien→
secretary · appointed 2009-07-17
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Active
MORISON, Jane Vivien→
director · ~62y · appointed 2003-09-01
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Active
MORISON, John→
director · ~65y · appointed 2022-11-16
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Active
MCNICOLL, Alexander→
secretary · resigned 2009-07-17
Resigned
MCNICOLL, Agnes Jane Robertson→
director · ~88y · resigned 2019-12-31
Resigned
MCNICOLL, Alexander→
director · ~94y · resigned 2009-07-17
Resigned
MORISON, Jane Vivien→
director · ~62y · appointed 1991-11-01 · resigned 1992-04-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (100 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-31
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-12-09
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2022-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-05-11