SJN CONSULTANTS LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC230487 · ltd · incorporated 2002-04-18
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£7.4k
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 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. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
72 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £7,383

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£8k
Net Worth
£7k
Current Assets
£8k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-31
Total assets£7.4k
Current assets£7.8k
Cash£7.8k
Net assets£7.4k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-13
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  2. 2025-10-29
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  3. 2025-05-28
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  4. 2024-08-02
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  5. 2023-11-19
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  6. 2022-10-13
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  7. 2022-08-08
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  10. 2022-08-08
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  11. 2022-08-08
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2022-08-08
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    address · AD01
  13. 2021-06-18
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-12-11
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  15. 2019-06-03
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  16. 2018-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2002-04-20
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    NAIRN, Sandra Jane appointed
    secretary
  18. 2002-04-20
    ➕
    NAIRN, Sandra Jane appointed
    director
  19. 2002-04-20
    ➕
    NAIRN, Stuart James appointed
    director
  20. 2002-04-18
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    Company incorporated
    As SJN CONSULTANTS LTD.
  21. 2002-04-18
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    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2002-04-18
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    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2002-04-18
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    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2002-04-18
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    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2002-04-18
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    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SERVICES LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2002-04-18
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    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SERVICES LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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
  • +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.
  • +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

86/100
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.
  • 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 Stuart James Nairn
Individual · British · DOB 09/1963 · age 63
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Sandra Jane Nairn
Individual · British · DOB 11/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2002-04-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

Creag A' Chaorainn
Inverasdale
Poolewe
Wester Ross
IV22 2LN
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-02
Last: 2026-04-18

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

NAIRN, Sandra Jane→
secretary · appointed 2002-04-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NAIRN, Sandra Jane→
director · ~62y · appointed 2002-04-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NAIRN, Stuart James→
director · ~63y · appointed 2002-04-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-04-18 · resigned 2002-04-18
Resigned
PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-04-18 · resigned 2002-04-18
Resigned
PETER TRAINER COMPANY SERVICES LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-04-18 · resigned 2002-04-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (72 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-02-13
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-08-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-08-08
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-08-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-08-08
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-08-08