JARVIE PLANT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC313751 · ltd · incorporated 2006-12-20

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Renting and leasing of agricultural machinery and equipment

Sector: Administrative & support services

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

77320Renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (57/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 17.3y

25/100

too messy

Structure is too messy for a clean refinance right now — clean up first or expect bespoke terms.

· Oldest live charge is 17.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 48/100 (high).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 2 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

16 officers (8 active, 16 linked, 15 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

81 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

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 · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £786,000

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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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Profit before tax	£786.0k	£885.0k
Average employees	154	15300

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (47 events)Click to expand

2026-01-06
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replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP01AP01
2025-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-03
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-07-03
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-07-03
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-07-01
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ROSS, Neville Douglas appointed
director
2025-06-30
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HUTCHISON, Ian resigned
director
2025-06-30
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STEWART, David Alexander resigned
director
2025-03-13
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ANDREWS, David resigned
director
2025-03-13
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-08-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-13
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ANDREWS, David appointed
director
2023-03-13
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-07-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-27
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GRANT, Andrew appointed
director
2022-06-27
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-09-15
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STEWART, David Alexander appointed
director
2021-09-15
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-09-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-23
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-02-19
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-02-12
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CARBONELL, Arturo resigned
director
2021-01-29
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-01-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-18
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-10-01
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GALT, Brian appointed
director
2019-10-01
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CARBONELL, Arturo appointed
director
2018-10-01
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Rbs Invoice Finance LTD
2017-04-01
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HUTCHISON, Ian appointed
director
2016-12-31
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LEWANDOWSKI, Kenneth Macdonald Arthur resigned
director
2014-04-04
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Charge satisfied #2
2013-06-01
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JARVIE, John Alexander David appointed
director
2013-04-16
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SMEATON, Douglas Dodds resigned
director
2013-01-04
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SMEATON, Douglas Dodds appointed
director
2012-10-01
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LEWANDOWSKI, Kenneth Macdonald Arthur appointed
director
2012-06-29
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PERRY, Jim resigned
director
2012-05-01
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DAVIE, Robert Morrison resigned
director
2012-04-12
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Trustees of the Jarvie Plant Pension Scheme
2011-01-05
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PERRY, Jim appointed
director
2009-01-09
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2006-12-29
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DAVIE, Robert Morrison appointed
director
2006-12-20
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Company incorporated
As JARVIE PLANT LIMITED
2006-12-20
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GRANTON, Stuart George appointed
secretary
2006-12-20
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GRANTON, Stuart George appointed
director
2006-12-20
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JARVIE, Gordon appointed
director
2006-12-20
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JARVIE, John appointed
director

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

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "JARVIE" — 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.
+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

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

2 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: HUTCHISON, Ian resigned 2025-06-30; STEWART, David Alexander resigned 2025-06-30

Group structure

Jarvie Plant Group Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Jarvie Plant Group Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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JARVIE PLANT LIMITED

This company · SC313751

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Jarvie Plant Group Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2006-12-20

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC77310 — Renting and leasing of agricultural machinery and equipment

Registered office

22 Dalgrain Road

Grangemouth

FK3 8ET

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-03

Last: 2025-12-20