JAMES MOIR & SONS LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
SC178357 · ltd · incorporated 1997-08-26
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Aug 2024
Net worth
£1.13M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 25990SIC 25990
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 25.2y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 25.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 2 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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
67 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £1,132,390
Cash YoY
+174%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£23k
↑ 174% YoY
Net Worth
£1.1m
↑ 1.3% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-08-31 | 2023-08-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash | £22.9k | £8.4k |
| Net assets | £1.13M | £1.12M |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-09📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-04-05➖MCINTOSH, Michael Robert George resigneddirector
- 2023-05-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-05-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-05-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-09-05📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2016-08-11➕MCINTOSH, Michael Robert George appointeddirector
- 2016-05-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-09-14📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-05-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2014-09-08📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2009-12-12➕ROBERTSON, Anne Elizabeth Fordyce appointedsecretary
- 2009-12-11➖GREEN, Norman resignedsecretary
- 2009-12-11➖GREEN, Norman resigneddirector
- 2001-02-23🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
- 1997-08-26🏢Company incorporatedAs JAMES MOIR & SONS LIMITED
- 1997-08-26➕ROBERTSON, Neil Masson appointeddirector
- 1997-08-26➕GREEN, Norman appointedsecretary
- 1997-08-26➕GREEN, Norman appointeddirector
Owner dependency
93/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
95/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Neil Masson Robertson Individual · British · DOB 11/1963 · age 63 | 50–75% | — | 50-75% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Anne Elizabeth Fordyce Robertson Individual · British · DOB 07/1965 · age 61 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1997-08-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC25110 — Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures
Registered office
The Hillocks Wartle
Inverurie
Aberdeenshire
AB51 5BL
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-09
Last: 2025-08-26
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
ROBERTSON, Anne Elizabeth Fordyce→
Activesecretary · appointed 2009-12-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ROBERTSON, Neil Masson→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 1997-08-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GREEN, Norman→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1997-08-26 · resigned 2009-12-11
GREEN, Norman→
Resigneddirector · ~93y · appointed 1997-08-26 · resigned 2009-12-11
MCINTOSH, Michael Robert George→
Resigneddirector · ~62y · appointed 2016-08-11 · resigned 2024-04-05
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 23/02/2001 | — |
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Recent filings (67 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-28
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-04-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-05-21