JSR SERVICES (BLAIRGOWRIE) LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC279806 · ltd · incorporated 2005-02-10
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 20.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒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
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01470
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 46230SIC 46230
- 46330SIC 46330
- 46610SIC 46610
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · oldest 20.8y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 20.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (5 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
62 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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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| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-08-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-06-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-19📍change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD02
- 2021-11-17📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2021-11-17📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2021-08-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-10📍move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-addressaddress · AD03
- 2019-07-10📍change-sail-address-company-with-new-addressaddress · AD02
- 2019-06-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2016-10-14🔒Charge registered #3Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2015-04-01➕RETSON, Andrew Murray appointeddirector
- 2015-04-01➕RETSON, Stuart Robert appointeddirector
- 2005-08-03🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2005-07-08🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2005-02-10🏢Company incorporatedAs JSR SERVICES (BLAIRGOWRIE) LIMITED
- 2005-02-10➕RETSON, Linda Elizabeth appointedsecretary
- 2005-02-10➕RETSON, John Stobie appointeddirector
- 2005-02-10➕RETSON, Linda Elizabeth appointeddirector
- 2005-02-10➕OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2005-02-10➖OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
90/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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
cleanNo 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 |
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Mr John Stobie Retson Individual · British · DOB 01/1952 · age 74 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Linda Elizabeth Retson Individual · British · DOB 09/1951 · age 75 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-02-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01470 — SIC 01470
Registered office
3 Isla Road, Altamount
Blairgowrie
Perthshire
PH10 6RR
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-24
Last: 2026-02-10
Officers (5 active · 1 resigned)
RETSON, Linda Elizabeth→
Activesecretary · appointed 2005-02-10
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RETSON, Andrew Murray→
Activedirector · ~46y · appointed 2015-04-01
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RETSON, John Stobie→
Activedirector · ~74y · appointed 2005-02-10
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RETSON, Linda Elizabeth→
Activedirector · ~75y · appointed 2005-02-10
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RETSON, Stuart Robert→
Activedirector · ~50y · appointed 2015-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-02-10 · resigned 2005-02-10
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 14/10/2016 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Floating charge | 1 property | 03/08/2005 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 08/07/2005 | — |
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Recent filings (62 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-08-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-19
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2022-02-19
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-11-17
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2021-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-08-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-10