R & M JENKINS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC285460 · ltd · incorporated 2005-05-27

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 16.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£1.60M

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 16.9y

70/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 16.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

9 officers (6 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

62 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,603,660

Cash YoY

+16%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£362k

↑ 16% YoY

Net Worth

£1.6m

↑ 7.5% YoY

Current Assets

£383k

↑ 9.3% 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	£1.60M	£1.49M
Current assets	£383.5k	£350.9k
Cash	£361.5k	£310.7k
Debtors	£22.0k	£40.3k
Net assets	£1.60M	£1.49M

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand

2025-09-29
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accounts · AA
2025-03-21
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officers · CH01
2024-12-16
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officers · TM02
2024-12-16
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officers · TM01
2024-12-10
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GRAY, Neil Craigie resigned
secretary
2024-12-10
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GRAY, Neil Craigie resigned
director
2024-09-16
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accounts · AA
2023-11-24
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accounts · AA
2022-12-09
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accounts · AA
2021-12-29
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accounts · AA
2021-04-15
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officers · AP01
2021-04-15
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officers · AP01
2021-04-15
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officers · AP01
2021-04-15
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officers · AP01
2021-04-01
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GRAY, Catherine Grace appointed
director
2021-04-01
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GRAY, Rachael Valentine appointed
director
2021-04-01
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JENKINS, Hester Clementine appointed
director
2021-04-01
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JENKINS, Joseph Henry appointed
director
2021-01-11
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accounts · AA
2019-10-12
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accounts · AA
2018-12-17
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accounts · AA
2017-12-27
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2014-12-08
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Charge satisfied #3
2014-04-01
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GRAY, Neil Craigie appointed
secretary
2014-04-01
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JENKINS, Margaret M resigned
secretary
2014-01-06
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2011-01-28
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Charge satisfied #2
2011-01-28
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Charge satisfied #1
2010-02-01
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GRAY, Neil Craigie appointed
director
2009-07-13
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Co-Operative Bank PLC
2009-06-16
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Co-Operative Bank PLC
2005-05-27
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Company incorporated
As R & M JENKINS LIMITED
2005-05-27
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JENKINS, Margaret M appointed
director
2005-05-27
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JENKINS, Richard William Arthur Howard appointed
director
2005-05-27
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JENKINS, Margaret M appointed
secretary

Owner dependency

88/100

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

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "JENKINS" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Margaret Myrtle Jenkins Individual · British · DOB 10/1955 · age 71	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mr Richard William Arthur Howard Jenkins Individual · British · DOB 04/1951 · 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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2005-05-27

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC77390 — Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.

Registered office

Savisgarth

Evie

Orkney

KW17 2PQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-10

Last: 2025-05-27