JEDIAH LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC361171 · ltd · incorporated 2009-06-12
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 May 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
44 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.

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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£0£20£40£60£80£100May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets—£100
Net assets—£100

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
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-02-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-02-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-07-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-03-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-02-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-07-16
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  10. 2019-02-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-01-31
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2019-01-31
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  13. 2018-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-04-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-07-10
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2009-06-12
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    Company incorporated
    As JEDIAH LIMITED
  17. 2009-06-12
    ➕
    VAN BEEK, Claudette Adeliade appointed
    secretary
  18. 2009-06-12
    ➕
    LANGLEY, Claudette Adeliade appointed
    director
  19. 2009-06-12
    ➕
    LANGLEY, Noel Nevington appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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
Ms Claudette Adeliade Van Beek
Individual · British · DOB 01/1972 · age 54
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016
Mr Noel Nevington Langley
Individual · British · DOB 02/1961 · age 65
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2009-06-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

98 Massereene Road
Kirkcaldy
Fife
KY2 5RT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-19
Last: 2026-02-05

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

VAN BEEK, Claudette Adeliade→
secretary · appointed 2009-06-12
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LANGLEY, Claudette Adeliade→
director · ~54y · appointed 2009-06-12
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LANGLEY, Noel Nevington→
director · ~65y · appointed 2009-06-12
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Recent filings (44 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-02-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-02-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-05