T B JOINERY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC267642 · ltd · incorporated 2004-05-10
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Joinery installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (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 (58/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
64 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years 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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees1100

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 officers
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-11
    ➖
    BRUCE, Julie resigned
    secretary
  2. 2026-05-11
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  3. 2025-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-11-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-03-02
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  8. 2022-03-01
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  9. 2022-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-05-09
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  14. 2018-05-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-03-06
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  16. 2016-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-05-12
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2004-05-10
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    Company incorporated
    As T B JOINERY LIMITED
  19. 2004-05-10
    ➕
    BRUCE, Thomas appointed
    director
  20. 2004-05-10
    ➕
    BRUCE, Julie appointed
    secretary
  21. 2004-05-10
    ➕
    PF & S (SECRETARIES) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2004-05-10
    ➖
    PF & S (SECRETARIES) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2004-05-10
    ➕
    PF & S (DIRECTORS) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  24. 2004-05-10
    ➖
    PF & S (DIRECTORS) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

85/100
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.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Thomas Bruce
Individual · British · DOB 12/1971 · age 55
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2004-05-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43320 — Joinery installation

Registered office

15 Panter Crescent
Montrose
Angus
DD10 9BH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-24
Last: 2025-05-10

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

BRUCE, Thomas→
director · ~55y · appointed 2004-05-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRUCE, Julie→
secretary · appointed 2004-05-10 · resigned 2026-05-11
Resigned
PF & S (SECRETARIES) LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-05-10 · resigned 2004-05-10
Resigned
PF & S (DIRECTORS) LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2004-05-10 · resigned 2004-05-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (64 total)

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-10
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-03-02
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-24