JKLJ TESTING SERVICES LTD
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Key financials
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 accounts
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-01-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-01-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-01-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2017-01-14📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2016-05-10📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2016-04-06➖MEECHAN, James resigneddirector
- 2016-01-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-05-02📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2007-03-13🏢Company incorporatedAs JKLJ TESTING SERVICES LTD
- 2007-03-13➕TURLEY, Gillian appointedsecretary
- 2007-03-13➕MEECHAN, Jacqueline Anne appointeddirector
- 2007-03-13➕MEECHAN, James appointeddirector
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +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.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- 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
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Jacqueline Anne Meechan Individual · British · DOB 07/1965 · age 61 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 30/06/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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