THE SCOTTISH JU JITSU ASSOCIATION LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC308631 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2006-09-14

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£24.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other sports activities

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -62% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

13 officers (5 active, 13 linked, 12 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

68 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £24,680

Net assets shrinking

Down £3,851 YoY

Cash draining

Cash down 62% YoY

Cash YoY

-62%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£2k

↓ 62% YoY

Net Worth

£25k

↓ 13% YoY

Current Assets

£4k

↓ 43% 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	£24.7k	£28.5k
Current assets	£3.7k	£6.4k
Cash	£1.7k	£4.4k
Net assets	£24.7k	£28.5k

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand

2025-12-30
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2024-12-27
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accounts · AA
2024-10-23
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officers · TM01
2024-10-17
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TAYLOR, Vince resigned
director
2024-10-01
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officers · AP01
2024-10-01
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officers · TM01
2024-09-25
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BROWN, Craig resigned
director
2024-09-25
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TAYLOR, Vince appointed
director
2023-12-29
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accounts · AA
2023-12-21
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officers · AP01
2023-12-21
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2023-12-21
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officers · AP01
2023-12-01
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HODGKINSON, Andrew, Mr. appointed
director
2023-12-01
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WOODS, Mary appointed
director
2023-09-16
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WOOD, Kevin appointed
director
2023-08-01
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officers · TM01
2023-01-31
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ROSS, Ashley resigned
director
2022-12-31
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accounts · AA
2021-12-31
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accounts · AA
2021-03-31
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accounts · AA
2019-12-29
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accounts · AA
2018-12-31
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accounts · AA
2018-01-07
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accounts · AA
2014-10-01
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BLACK, Kevin Steven, Dr resigned
director
2013-03-31
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BROWN, Craig appointed
director
2012-04-29
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CAVE, Ruth resigned
director
2010-06-26
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MOWAT, John Patrick Stephen resigned
director
2010-06-26
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SCANLAN, Richard James resigned
director
2009-07-11
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CAVE, Ruth appointed
director
2009-07-11
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MITCHELL, Alexander George resigned
director
2009-07-11
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ROSS, Ashley appointed
director
2007-08-04
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SCANLAN, Richard James appointed
director
2007-05-27
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MITCHELL, Alexander George appointed
director
2007-05-27
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MOWAT, John Patrick Stephen appointed
director
2006-09-14
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Company incorporated
As THE SCOTTISH JU JITSU ASSOCIATION LIMITED
2006-09-14
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ROSS, Caroline appointed
secretary
2006-09-14
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ROSS, Robert Gordon appointed
director
2006-09-14
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BLACK, Kevin Steven, Dr appointed
director

Owner dependency

65/100

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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Robert Gordon Ross Individual · British · DOB 04/1957 · age 69	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/09/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2006-09-14

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

93 Douglas Street

Dundee

Tayside

DD1 5AZ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-28

Last: 2025-09-14