JRF INVESTMENTS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC183189 · ltd · incorporated 1998-02-20
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
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 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
80 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
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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

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 (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-07-27
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2020-07-27
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2020-07-27
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2020-07-27
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  11. 2020-07-12
    ➖
    FITZGERALD, John Raymond resigned
    secretary
  12. 2020-07-12
    ➖
    FITZGERALD, John Raymond resigned
    director
  13. 2020-01-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2020-01-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2020-01-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2020-01-26
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  17. 2019-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-10-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 1998-02-23
    ➕
    FITZGERALD, Margaret Elaine appointed
    director
  20. 1998-02-23
    ➕
    FITZGERALD, John Raymond appointed
    secretary
  21. 1998-02-23
    ➖
    PF & S (SECRETARIES) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 1998-02-23
    ➕
    FITZGERALD, John Raymond appointed
    director
  23. 1998-02-23
    ➖
    PF & S (DIRECTORS) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 1998-02-20
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    Company incorporated
    As JRF INVESTMENTS LIMITED
  25. 1998-02-20
    ➕
    PF & S (SECRETARIES) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1998-02-20
    ➕
    PF & S (DIRECTORS) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Margaret Fitzgerald
Individual · British · DOB 02/1952 · age 74
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control12/07/2020
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr John Fitzgeraldceased 12/07/2020· 75-100% 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
Incorporated1998-02-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

39 Oldmeldrum Road
Newmachar
Aberdeen
AB21 0PJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-10
Last: 2025-07-27

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

FITZGERALD, Margaret Elaine→
director · ~74y · appointed 1998-02-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FITZGERALD, John Raymond→
secretary · appointed 1998-02-23 · resigned 2020-07-12
Resigned
PF & S (SECRETARIES) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-02-20 · resigned 1998-02-23
Resigned
FITZGERALD, John Raymond→
director · ~78y · appointed 1998-02-23 · resigned 2020-07-12
Resigned
PF & S (DIRECTORS) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-02-20 · resigned 1998-02-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (80 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-07-27
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-07-27
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-07-27