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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 20.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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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
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01470
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 46230SIC 46230
  • 46330SIC 46330
  • 46610SIC 46610
Investor take
Pursue
Active 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 20.9y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 20.9 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 accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2024-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-02-19
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  7. 2021-11-17
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  8. 2021-11-17
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  9. 2021-08-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-09-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-07-10
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    move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
    address · AD03
  12. 2019-07-10
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    change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
    address · AD02
  13. 2019-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-07-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-07-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-10-14
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  17. 2015-04-01
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    RETSON, Andrew Murray appointed
    director
  18. 2015-04-01
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    RETSON, Stuart Robert appointed
    director
  19. 2005-08-03
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 2005-07-08
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  21. 2005-02-10
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    Company incorporated
    As JSR SERVICES (BLAIRGOWRIE) LIMITED
  22. 2005-02-10
    ➕
    RETSON, Linda Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  23. 2005-02-10
    ➕
    RETSON, John Stobie appointed
    director
  24. 2005-02-10
    ➕
    RETSON, Linda Elizabeth appointed
    director
  25. 2005-02-10
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2005-02-10
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material 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 candidate

Strong 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

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John Stobie Retson
Individual · British · DOB 01/1952 · age 74
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Linda Elizabeth Retson
Individual · British · DOB 09/1951 · age 75
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
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→
secretary · appointed 2005-02-10
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Active
RETSON, Andrew Murray→
director · ~46y · appointed 2015-04-01
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Active
RETSON, John Stobie→
director · ~74y · appointed 2005-02-10
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Active
RETSON, Linda Elizabeth→
director · ~75y · appointed 2005-02-10
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Active
RETSON, Stuart Robert→
director · ~50y · appointed 2015-04-01
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Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-02-10 · resigned 2005-02-10
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property14/10/2016—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Floating charge1 property03/08/2005—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property08/07/2005—
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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