JDC ECOLOGY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC234158 · ltd · incorporated 2002-07-16
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 Aug 2024
Net worth
£731
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Environmental consulting activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
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
59 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £731

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£731
↑ 105% YoY
Current Assets
£93k
↑ 7.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£15k£7k£28k£50k£72k£93kAug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Total assets£14.7k£-2.9k
Current assets£93.2k£86.8k
Net assets£731£-15.1k

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.

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Recent activity

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Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-30
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  2. 2024-05-15
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  3. 2024-01-04
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  4. 2023-06-30
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  5. 2022-05-31
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  6. 2021-05-31
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  7. 2020-08-27
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  8. 2019-05-31
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  9. 2018-05-30
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  10. 2017-05-30
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  11. 2016-07-29
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  12. 2016-05-27
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  13. 2015-07-17
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  14. 2015-04-22
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  15. 2015-04-22
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  16. 2002-07-16
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    Company incorporated
    As JDC ECOLOGY LIMITED
  17. 2002-07-16
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    DAVIDSON, Carole Ann appointed
    secretary
  18. 2002-07-16
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    DARBYSHIRE, John appointed
    director
  19. 2002-07-16
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    DAVIDSON, Carole Ann appointed
    director
  20. 2002-07-16
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2002-07-16
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

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 64. 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 John Darbyshire
Individual · British · DOB 08/1962 · age 64
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Ms Carole Ann Davidson
Individual · British · DOB 11/1963 · age 63
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2002-07-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74901 — Environmental consulting activities

Registered office

118 High Street
Lanark
ML11 7ES
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-30
Last: 2025-07-16

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

DAVIDSON, Carole Ann→
secretary · appointed 2002-07-16
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Active
DARBYSHIRE, John→
director · ~64y · appointed 2002-07-16
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Active
DAVIDSON, Carole Ann→
director · ~63y · appointed 2002-07-16
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Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-07-16 · resigned 2002-07-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (59 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
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accounts · AA
2025-05-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-15
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address · AD01
2024-01-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-05-31