JAN DE VRIES HOLDINGS LIMITED

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SC240043 · ltd · incorporated 2002-11-25
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£1.61M
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Combined office administrative service activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
8 officers (1 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
88 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
70
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 £1,611,437

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1.6m
Net Worth
£1.6m
Current Assets
£1.6m
Current Liabilities
—
£0£325k£650k£976k£1.3m£1.6mDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£1.61M—
Current assets£1.63M—
Cash£1.59M—
Debtors£40.0k—
Net assets£1.61M—
Average employees—200

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

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-12
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2025-08-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2025-07-31
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    DE VRIES, Joyce Elizabeth Mcdonald resigned
    director
  5. 2025-07-31
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2025-07-31
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2025-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-05-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-07-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2022-07-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-06-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2020-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-09-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-07-20
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  18. 2016-03-31
    ➖
    BUCHANAN, Agnes Davidson resigned
    director
  19. 2015-07-15
    ➕
    DE VRIES, Janny Elizabeth Tan appointed
    director
  20. 2015-07-07
    ➖
    DE VRIES, Jan resigned
    secretary
  21. 2015-07-07
    ➖
    DE VRIES, Jan resigned
    director
  22. 2008-05-14
    ➕
    BUCHANAN, Agnes Davidson appointed
    director
  23. 2003-03-21
    ➕
    DE VRIES, Jan appointed
    secretary
  24. 2003-03-21
    ➖
    MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2003-03-21
    ➕
    DE VRIES, Jan appointed
    director
  26. 2003-03-21
    ➕
    DE VRIES, Joyce Elizabeth Mcdonald appointed
    director
  27. 2003-03-21
    ➖
    VINDEX LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 2003-03-21
    ➖
    VINDEX SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 2002-11-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As JAN DE VRIES HOLDINGS LIMITED
  30. 2002-11-25
    ➕
    MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  31. 2002-11-25
    ➕
    VINDEX LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  32. 2002-11-25
    ➕
    VINDEX SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "DE VRIES" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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
Mrs Janny Elizabeth Tan
Individual · British · DOB 04/1963 · age 63
——sig. influencesignificant influence01/08/2025
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Joyce Elizabeth Macdonald De Vriesceased 01/07/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2002-11-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82110 — Combined office administrative service activities

Registered office

Auchenkyle
Southwood Road
Troon
KA10 7EL
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-09
Last: 2025-11-25

Officers (1 active · 7 resigned)

DE VRIES, Janny Elizabeth Tan→
director · ~63y · appointed 2015-07-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DE VRIES, Jan→
secretary · appointed 2003-03-21 · resigned 2015-07-07
Resigned
MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-11-25 · resigned 2003-03-21
Resigned
BUCHANAN, Agnes Davidson→
director · ~92y · appointed 2008-05-14 · resigned 2016-03-31
Resigned
DE VRIES, Jan→
director · ~89y · appointed 2003-03-21 · resigned 2015-07-07
Resigned
DE VRIES, Joyce Elizabeth Mcdonald→
director · ~90y · appointed 2003-03-21 · resigned 2025-07-31
Resigned
VINDEX LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-11-25 · resigned 2003-03-21
Resigned
VINDEX SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-11-25 · resigned 2003-03-21
Resigned

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Recent filings (88 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-01
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-08-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-08-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-07-31
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-23