S L A JEFFERY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC313121 · ltd · incorporated 2006-12-06
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 2025
Net worth
£1.02M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Specialist medical practice activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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 (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
58 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 £1,021,706

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£1.0m
↑ 16% YoY
Current Assets
£581k
↑ 21% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£204k£409k£613k£817k£1.0mDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£1.02M£883.5k
Current assets£580.8k£478.2k
Net assets£1.02M£883.5k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-12-18
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-11-01
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    JEFFERY, Magnus Alexander Cameron resigned
    director
  4. 2025-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-05-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-05-19
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  8. 2023-05-19
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  9. 2023-05-10
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  10. 2022-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-11-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-11-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2019-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-12-10
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2018-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-07-31
    ➖
    JEFFERY, Lilias Annabel resigned
    director
  18. 2016-08-01
    ➕
    JEFFERY, Lilias Annabel appointed
    director
  19. 2016-08-01
    ➕
    JEFFERY, Magnus Alexander Cameron appointed
    director
  20. 2006-12-06
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As S L A JEFFERY LIMITED
  21. 2006-12-06
    ➕
    JEFFERY, Shona appointed
    secretary
  22. 2006-12-06
    ➕
    JEFFERY, Shona appointed
    director
  23. 2006-12-06
    ➕
    JEFFERY, Steven Leonard Alexander, Professor appointed
    director

Owner dependency

99/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "JEFFERY" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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
Professor Steven Leonard Alexander Jeffery
Individual · British · DOB 09/1965 · age 61
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Shona Jeffery
Individual · British · DOB 04/1965 · age 61
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
Incorporated2006-12-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC86220 — Specialist medical practice activities

Registered office

Summit House
4-5 Mitchell Street
Edinburgh
EH6 7BD
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-19
Last: 2025-12-05

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

JEFFERY, Shona→
secretary · appointed 2006-12-06
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Active
JEFFERY, Shona→
director · ~61y · appointed 2006-12-06
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Active
JEFFERY, Steven Leonard Alexander, Professor→
director · ~61y · appointed 2006-12-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JEFFERY, Lilias Annabel→
director · ~30y · appointed 2016-08-01 · resigned 2018-07-31
Resigned
JEFFERY, Magnus Alexander Cameron→
director · ~28y · appointed 2016-08-01 · resigned 2025-11-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (58 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-18
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-05-19
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2023-05-19
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-05-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-12