JENNY BROWN ASSOCIATES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC234379 · ltd · incorporated 2002-07-22
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Book publishing
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
71 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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.

Key financials

1 year 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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-31
Average employees2

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 2 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 2 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-08
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  2. 2026-03-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-06-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2022-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-02-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-10-15
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  12. 2018-08-01
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    termination-director-company
    officers · TM01
  13. 2018-07-25
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2018-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-09-30
    ➖
    STANTON, Mark Graeme Thomas resigned
    director
  16. 2017-06-28
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  17. 2016-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2011-02-23
    ➕
    JUCKES, Lucy Margaret appointed
    director
  19. 2011-02-23
    ➖
    RICHARDSON, Alexander Lang resigned
    director
  20. 2006-04-01
    ➕
    STANTON, Mark Graeme Thomas appointed
    director
  21. 2002-07-22
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    Company incorporated
    As JENNY BROWN ASSOCIATES LIMITED
  22. 2002-07-22
    ➕
    BROWN, Jennifer Ann appointed
    secretary
  23. 2002-07-22
    ➕
    BROWN, Jennifer Ann appointed
    director
  24. 2002-07-22
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2002-07-22
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2002-07-22
    ➕
    RICHARDSON, Alexander Lang appointed
    director

Owner dependency

98/100
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 "BROWN" — 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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

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 68. 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Jenny Brown
Individual · British · DOB 05/1958 · age 68
25–50%
—25-50% shares22/07/2016

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
Incorporated2002-07-22
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC58110 — Book publishing

Registered office

42 The Causeway
Edinburgh
EH15 3PZ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-05
Last: 2025-07-22

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

BROWN, Jennifer Ann→
secretary · appointed 2002-07-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROWN, Jennifer Ann→
director · ~68y · appointed 2002-07-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JUCKES, Lucy Margaret→
director · ~64y · appointed 2011-02-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-07-22 · resigned 2002-07-22
Resigned
RICHARDSON, Alexander Lang→
director · ~67y · appointed 2002-07-22 · resigned 2011-02-23
Resigned
STANTON, Mark Graeme Thomas→
director · ~56y · appointed 2006-04-01 · resigned 2017-09-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (71 total)

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2026-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-06-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-28