JARO DESIGN LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
SC342111 · ltd · incorporated 2008-04-29
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£48.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 47510
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 47599Retail sale of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised stores
- 47910Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). 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 (79/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 3 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
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
59 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 · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £48,085
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£48k
Current Assets
£14k
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £36.2k | — |
| Current assets | £14.0k | — |
| Net assets | £48.1k | — |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
7
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2026-01-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-01-27📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-11-26➖TURNBULL, Lynzi Reid resigneddirector
- 2025-11-26📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-11-26📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-11-26📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-12-12📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-12-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-08-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-24📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-01-04➖CATHRO, Alexander Scott resignedsecretary
- 2012-10-03➖CATHRO, Lorne Scott resigneddirector
- 2008-04-29🏢Company incorporatedAs JARO DESIGN LIMITED
- 2008-04-29➕CATHRO, Janet Elizabeth appointeddirector
- 2008-04-29➕CATHRO, Alexander Scott appointedsecretary
- 2008-04-29➕CATHRO, Lorne Scott appointeddirector
- 2008-04-29➕TURNBULL, Lynzi Reid appointeddirector
Owner dependency
100/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
88/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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
cleanNo 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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Janet Elizabeth Cathro Individual · British · DOB 03/1959 · age 67 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mrs Lynzi Reid Turnbullceased 26/11/2025· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| HULME & SCOTT LTD.→ SC301302 · est 2006 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 19y | — | — |
| INCR-EDIBLES CBD PRODUCTS LTD→ SC754543 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| INKED RUGS LTD→ SC787468 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| J & S DUNCAN LTD→ SC873707 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| J. & C. STUART PHARMACIES LIMITED→ SC237335 · est 2002 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 23y | — | — |
| JADE FLOWERS LARKHALL LIMITED→ SC848649 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| JAMES CHAPMAN (BUTCHERS) LIMITED→ SC036643 · est 1961 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 64y | — | — |
| JARVIE S LIMITED→ SC545532 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| JAYZPULLZ LIMITED→ SC884058 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| JJ BROS LTD→ SC553727 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| JK GROUP ENERGY LTD→ SC789104 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-04-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47510 — SIC 47510
Registered office
22 Common Green
Strathaven
ML10 6AF
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-26
Last: 2025-12-12
Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)
CATHRO, Janet Elizabeth→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2008-04-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CATHRO, Alexander Scott→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2008-04-29 · resigned 2019-01-04
CATHRO, Lorne Scott→
Resigneddirector · ~38y · appointed 2008-04-29 · resigned 2012-10-03
TURNBULL, Lynzi Reid→
Resigneddirector · ~41y · appointed 2008-04-29 · resigned 2025-11-26
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Recent filings (59 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-11-26
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-11-26
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-11
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-12-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-19