NORMAN JAMIESON LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC233048 · ltd · incorporated 2002-06-20
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
—
Upgrade to see
Turnover
—
year to May 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch
What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

🏦

Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 22.6y

35/100
too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

  • · Oldest live charge is 22.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 35/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
63 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
—
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Average employees242300

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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 (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-02-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-03-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-08-17
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2021-08-17
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2021-02-04
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-02-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-12-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-01-03
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-02-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-07-18
    📄
    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2016-07-18
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2016-07-18
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2016-03-02
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2013-05-21
    🔒
    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited, No 1 Brookhill Way, Banbury, Oxon, OX16 3EL
  18. 2011-03-15
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #3
  19. 2011-03-15
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #2
  20. 2004-01-16
    🔒
    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Norman Jamieson and Another
  21. 2004-01-16
    🔒
    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Norman Jamieson and Another
  22. 2003-10-02
    🔒
    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  23. 2002-06-20
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As NORMAN JAMIESON LIMITED
  24. 2002-06-20
    ➕
    DOUGLAS, Lynne appointed
    secretary
  25. 2002-06-20
    ➕
    DOUGLAS, Lynne appointed
    director
  26. 2002-06-20
    ➕
    JAMIESON, Stuart appointed
    director
  27. 2002-06-20
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2002-06-20
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "JAMIESON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • 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 Jamieson
Individual · British · DOB 02/1970 · age 56
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting20/06/2017
Mrs Lynne Douglas
Individual · British · DOB 07/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting20/06/2017

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

Similar companies

Active · Transport & logistics · DD postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
HARRY LAWSON LIMITED→
SC040439 · est 1964
£5.04M
£3.78M–£6.29M
——9261y8383y
MOFFAT & WILLIAMSON LIMITED→
SC065227 · est 1978
£791.5k
£593.7k–£989.4k
——1450047y9372y
ALAN DAVIE LIMITED→
SC209637 · est 2000
——£1.82M—25y8285y
ALFRA LIMITED→
SC260151 · est 2003
——£3.2k—22y8270y
DAVID MURRAY TRANSPORT LIMITED→
SC181084 · est 1997
——£262.9k—28y8260y
ELLIOT STORAGE LIMITED→
SC340055 · est 2008
———30018y8264y
SCOVIP HOLDINGS LIMITED→
SC274103 · est 2004
——£21.9k—21y8264y
CLASS 1 MARITIME LTD→
SC341360 · est 2008
———40018y8164y
SCOTBLUE LTD→
SC341608 · est 2008
——£281.5k—18y8163y
TEECABS LTD→
SC825281 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
————1y——
TEES TAXIS LIMITED→
SC372235 · est 2010 · no financials extracted
————16y——
TROPICAL TRANSFERS LTD→
SC844112 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
————1y——
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-06-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

Westhall Garage
Duntrune
Dundee
DD4 0PP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-04
Last: 2025-06-20

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

DOUGLAS, Lynne→
secretary · appointed 2002-06-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DOUGLAS, Lynne→
director · ~59y · appointed 2002-06-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JAMIESON, Stuart→
director · ~56y · appointed 2002-06-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-06-20 · resigned 2002-06-20
Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited, No 1 Brookhill Way, Banbury, Oxon, OX16 3EL
A registered charge1 property21/05/2013—
satisfied
Norman Jamieson and Another
Standard security1 property16/01/200415/03/2011
satisfied
Norman Jamieson and Another
Standard security1 property16/01/200415/03/2011
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property02/10/2003—
Click column headers to sort. Use filters above to narrow by status and lender.

Recent filings (63 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-08-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-08-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-02-26