JARVIE PLANT GROUP LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC090531 · ltd · incorporated 1984-11-14

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

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

73/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles

Sector: Administrative & support services

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

77320Renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 8 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (45/100).

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Refinance opportunity

12 live charges · 5 lenders · oldest 40.7y

25/100

too messy

Structure is too messy for a clean refinance right now — clean up first or expect bespoke terms.

· Oldest live charge is 40.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 5 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 50/100 (high).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Lenders & charges

12 charges (12/12 with lender, 12/12 with type)

Directors & officers

14 officers (6 active, 14 linked, 12 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

7 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

143 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

73/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Some moderate concerns — review flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	0	0

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 signals 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

• 2 persons-with-significant-control

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 persons-with-significant-control

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (52 events)Click to expand

2026-04-09
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-09
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-01-06
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replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP01AP01
2025-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2025-09-01
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officers · TM01
2025-08-29
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TOUB, Victoria Natasha Jarvie resigned
director
2025-08-25
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-07-07
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officers · AP01
2025-07-01
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ROSS, Neville Douglas appointed
director
2025-07-01
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STEWART, David Alexander resigned
director
2024-10-02
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-21
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accounts · AA
2023-08-14
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mortgage · MR04
2023-08-14
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Charge satisfied #3
2023-06-21
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accounts · AA
2023-02-21
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mortgage · MR01
2023-02-21
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mortgage · MR01
2023-02-06
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Charge registered #12
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2023-02-06
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Charge registered #11
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2022-07-04
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accounts · AA
2021-11-22
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officers · AP01
2021-11-09
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TOUB, Victoria Natasha Jarvie appointed
director
2021-09-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2021-08-12
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STEWART, David Alexander appointed
director
2021-08-12
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officers · AP01
2020-12-31
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accounts · AA
2019-10-15
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legacy
accounts · PARENT_ACC
2016-12-31
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LEWANDOWSKI, Kenneth Macdonald Arthur resigned
director
2016-10-03
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Charge satisfied #4
2016-02-11
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Charge registered #10
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2016-02-11
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Charge registered #9
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2016-02-11
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Charge registered #8
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2016-02-11
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Charge registered #7
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2015-01-20
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Charge registered #6
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2015-01-20
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Charge registered #5
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2015-01-20
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Beech Property Compnay Limited
2014-12-23
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JARVIE, John Alexander David appointed
director
2014-03-18
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Pensioneer Trustees Limited (As Trustee)
2013-12-17
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Charge satisfied #1
2012-10-01
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LEWANDOWSKI, Kenneth Macdonald Arthur appointed
director
2012-05-01
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DAVIE, Robert Morrison resigned
director
2009-01-09
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2006-10-09
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DAVIE, Robert Morrison appointed
director
2005-12-30
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GRANTON, Stuart George appointed
director
2000-05-31
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JARVIE, Agnes resigned
director
2000-05-28
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JARVIE, Albert resigned
director
1994-02-19
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JARVIE, John resigned
director
1992-06-19
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JARVIE, Gordon appointed
director
1992-06-01
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GRANTON, Stuart George appointed
secretary
1992-06-01
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JARVIE, John resigned
secretary

Showing most recent 50 of 52 events

Owner dependency

88/100

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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "JARVIE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 34 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

2 med · 1 low

2 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: STEWART, David Alexander resigned 2025-07-01; TOUB, Victoria Natasha Jarvie resigned 2025-08-29

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.

9 live charges

low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Marie-Lesley Elizabeth Jarvie Individual · British · DOB 01/1952 · age 74	50–75%	—	50-75% shares · trust interest	30/03/2026
Mr John Jarvie Individual · British · DOB 09/1951 · age 75	50–75%	—	50-75% shares · trust interest	01/06/2016
Mr Gordon Jarvie Individual · British · DOB 08/1958 · age 68	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/06/2016

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1984-11-14

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC77110 — Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles

Registered office

Dalgrain Industrial Estate

Dalgrain Road

Grangemouth

FK3 8ET

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-07

Last: 2025-05-24