JAMIESON TECHNOLOGIES LTD.

💤Zombieactive

SC198233 · ltd · incorporated 1999-07-20

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

—

year to Jul 2025

Net worth

£49.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities

Sector: Information & communication

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). 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 (75/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

60 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £49,236

Cash YoY

+43%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£55k

↑ 43% YoY

Net Worth

£49k

↑ 81% YoY

Current Assets

£86k

↑ 70% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Total assets	£49.2k	£27.2k
Current assets	£85.6k	£50.4k
Cash	£54.7k	£38.4k
Debtors	£30.9k	—
Net assets	£49.2k	£27.2k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand

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2020-04-20
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2019-04-30
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1999-07-20
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Company incorporated
As JAMIESON TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
1999-07-20
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OSBORNE, Julie appointed
secretary
1999-07-20
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WILKIE, Keith Jamieson appointed
director
1999-07-20
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1999-07-20
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1999-07-20
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
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1999-07-20
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100

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 27 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 candidate

Strong 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 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ms Julie Osborne Individual · New Zealander · DOB 06/1964 · age 62	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	19/07/2016

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

Incorporated1999-07-20

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

24 Park Road

Edinburgh

EH6 4LD

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-26

Last: 2025-11-12

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

OSBORNE, Julie→

secretary · appointed 1999-07-20

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Active

WILKIE, Keith Jamieson→

director · ~63y · appointed 1999-07-20

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-07-20 · resigned 1999-07-20

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-07-20 · resigned 1999-07-20

Resigned

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