JRG PROJECT MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCY LTD.

💤Zombieactive

SC266797 · ltd · incorporated 2004-04-22

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

£329.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle 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. 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: medium (75/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

50 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £329,620

Net assets shrinking

Down £87 YoY

Cash YoY

-13%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£156k

↓ 13% YoY

Net Worth

£330k

~ YoY

Current Assets

£158k

↓ 13% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£340.4k	£336.4k
Current assets	£158.2k	£181.6k
Cash	£155.7k	£179.0k
Debtors	£2.5k	£2.6k
Net assets	£329.6k	£329.7k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2026-03-05
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2023-08-07
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2023-03-23
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2022-03-23
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2021-03-27
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2019-12-02
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2018-12-08
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2016-05-02
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2015-05-04
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2014-12-04
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2014-06-03
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2004-04-22
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Company incorporated
As JRG PROJECT MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCY LTD.
2004-04-22
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GOUDIE, Laura appointed
secretary
2004-04-22
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GOUDIE, John Robert appointed
director
2004-04-22
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
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2004-04-22
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
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2004-04-22
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
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2004-04-22
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
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Owner dependency

93/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100

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.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr John Robert Goudie Individual · British · DOB 07/1963 · age 63	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mrs Laura Goudie Individual · British · DOB 09/1965 · age 61	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2004-04-22

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

13 St Andrew Street

Brechin

DD9 6JJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-10

Last: 2026-03-27

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

GOUDIE, Laura→

secretary · appointed 2004-04-22

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Active

GOUDIE, John Robert→

director · ~63y · appointed 2004-04-22

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-04-22 · resigned 2004-04-22

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-04-22 · resigned 2004-04-22

Resigned

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