BOLAND JARRETT (EDINBURGH) LIMITED

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SC143699 · ltd · incorporated 1993-04-05

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other building completion and finishing

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

14 officers (5 active, 14 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

7 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

94 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	6	300

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 address

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (40 events)Click to expand

2026-01-08
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address · AD01
2025-09-11
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accounts · AA
2024-10-22
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-26
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officers · AP01
2023-10-26
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-10-26
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officers · AP01
2023-10-13
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JOHNSTON, Alan appointed
director
2023-10-13
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JOHNSTON, Alastair Niel appointed
director
2023-10-13
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JOHNSTON, Michael appointed
director
2023-09-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-09
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LAWSON, Elaine appointed
secretary
2022-03-09
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LESLIE, Mark resigned
secretary
2022-03-09
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2022-03-09
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-09-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-09-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-08-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2011-04-08
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DOUGLAS, Iain resigned
director
2005-12-13
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PRINGLE, David John resigned
director
2003-12-16
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WRIGHT, James Alexander appointed
director
2002-11-28
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PRINGLE, David John appointed
director
2002-09-06
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FORRESTER, James resigned
director
2000-03-20
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BOLAND, David resigned
director
1995-12-19
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DOUGLAS, Iain appointed
director
1995-12-19
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FORRESTER, James appointed
director
1995-11-20
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JARRETT, William Irving resigned
director
1994-02-10
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JOHNSTONE, Roy Thomas resigned
secretary
1994-02-10
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LESLIE, Mark appointed
secretary
1993-04-05
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Company incorporated
As BOLAND JARRETT (EDINBURGH) LIMITED
1993-04-05
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JOHNSTONE, Roy Thomas appointed
secretary
1993-04-05
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1993-04-05
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1993-04-05
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BOLAND, David appointed
director
1993-04-05
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JARRETT, William Irving appointed
director
1993-04-05
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1993-04-05
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

66/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 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.)

Group structure

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

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Boland Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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BOLAND JARRETT (EDINBURGH) LIMITED

This company · SC143699

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Boland Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1993-04-05

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC43390 — Other building completion and finishing

Registered office

23c Dundas Street

Edinburgh

EH3 6QQ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-16

Last: 2026-04-02