JUST HOOKED LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC225375 · ltd · incorporated 2001-11-15
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 16.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46170
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 46380Wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs
  • 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 16.8y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 16.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
62 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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 Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Average employees300300

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
2
filings
  • • 1 mortgage
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 mortgage
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 mortgage
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-24
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  2. 2026-04-24
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    Charge satisfied #2
  3. 2026-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-06-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-03-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-11-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-12-01
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-08-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-12-19
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2014-11-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2009-07-15
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  18. 2009-06-29
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  19. 2001-11-16
    ➕
    EVANS, Mairi Rachel appointed
    director
  20. 2001-11-15
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As JUST HOOKED LIMITED
  21. 2001-11-15
    ➕
    EVANS, Lee Jan appointed
    secretary
  22. 2001-11-15
    ➕
    EVANS, Lee Jan appointed
    director
  23. 2001-11-15
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2001-11-15
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2001-11-15
    ➕
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2001-11-15
    ➖
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Lee Jan Evans
Individual · British · DOB 05/1972 · age 54
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Mairi Rachel Evans
Individual · Scottish · DOB 06/1973 · age 53
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2001-11-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46170 — SIC 46170

Registered office

Unit 1 6 Leasgeary Road
Portree
Isle Of Skye
IV51 9BE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-29
Last: 2025-11-15

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

EVANS, Lee Jan→
secretary · appointed 2001-11-15
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Active
EVANS, Lee Jan→
director · ~54y · appointed 2001-11-15
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Active
EVANS, Mairi Rachel→
director · ~53y · appointed 2001-11-16
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Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-11-15 · resigned 2001-11-15
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-11-15 · resigned 2001-11-15
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Standard security1 property15/07/200924/04/2026
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Floating charge1 property29/06/2009—
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Recent filings (62 total)

mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-31