JAMIESON CONTRACTORS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC286139 · ltd · incorporated 2005-06-13
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£1
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
46 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £1

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£1
~ YoY
Current Assets
£1
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£0£0£1£1£1Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-12-122023-12-12
Total assets£1£1
Current assets£1£1
Net assets£1£1

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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-08-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-02-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-11-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-04-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2017-09-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-07-19
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2016-06-20
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  12. 2016-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-07-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-06-17
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2014-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2014-07-11
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2005-06-13
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    Company incorporated
    As JAMIESON CONTRACTORS LIMITED
  18. 2005-06-13
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    JAMIESON, John appointed
    secretary
  19. 2005-06-13
    ➕
    JAMIESON, John appointed
    director
  20. 2005-06-13
    ➕
    JAMIESON, John appointed
    director
  21. 2005-06-13
    ➕
    WHITE, William Armstrong appointed
    director
  22. 2005-06-13
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2005-06-13
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

98/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "JAMIESON" — 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 77 — 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 77 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John Jamieson
Individual · British · DOB 03/1949 · age 77
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2005-06-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC77320 — Renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment

Registered office

24-26 Kirkoswald Road
Maybole
KA19 7DX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-12
Last made up to: 2024-12-12
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-27
Last: 2025-06-13

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

JAMIESON, John→
secretary · appointed 2005-06-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JAMIESON, John→
director · ~77y · appointed 2005-06-13
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Active
JAMIESON, John→
director · ~44y · appointed 2005-06-13
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Active
WHITE, William Armstrong→
director · ~61y · appointed 2005-06-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-06-13 · resigned 2005-06-13
Resigned

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Recent filings (46 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-06-13