JKDP LTD.

💤Zombieactive
SC368818 · ltd · incorporated 2009-11-19
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.
Why now
Window opening · medium confidence
More negotiable than before — 2 signals weakening over the last 30 days.
  • · Deal-killer verdict: workable → complicated
  • · PSC count: 1 → 0
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture worsened over the last 30 days — 2 negative signals vs 0 positive.

  • ↓Deal-killer verdict: workable → complicated
  • ↓PSC count: 1 → 0
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
£68.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Dormant / non-trading with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). 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 (64/100)

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
No charge records returned
50
Directors & officers
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
No PSC data returned
40
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
58 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 £68,556
Net assets shrinking
Down £4,600 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£69k
↓ 6.3% YoY
Current Assets
£8k
↓ 25% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£15k£29k£44k£59k£73kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£68.6k£73.2k
Current assets£7.6k£10.2k
Net assets£68.6k£73.2k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-02-27
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  3. 2024-05-28
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  4. 2024-02-28
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    accounts · AA01
  5. 2022-09-12
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  6. 2022-08-30
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  7. 2022-05-30
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    accounts · AA01
  8. 2021-05-28
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  9. 2020-02-28
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  10. 2019-12-16
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    accounts · AA01
  11. 2019-09-17
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  12. 2019-03-08
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  13. 2018-12-12
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    accounts · AA01
  14. 2018-09-18
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  15. 2017-12-19
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-09-22
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  17. 2015-01-22
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    PENTLAND, Denise resigned
    director
  18. 2009-11-19
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    Company incorporated
    As JKDP LTD.
  19. 2009-11-19
    ➕
    KELLY, James appointed
    director
  20. 2009-11-19
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2009-11-19
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2009-11-19
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
    director
  23. 2009-11-19
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    MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
    director
  24. 2009-11-19
    ➕
    PENTLAND, Denise appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100
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 66. 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 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-11-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

11 Portland Road
Kilmarnock
Ayrshire
KA1 2BT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-28
Last: 2025-09-14

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

KELLY, James→
director · ~66y · appointed 2009-11-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-11-19 · resigned 2009-11-19
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen George→
director · ~76y · appointed 2009-11-19 · resigned 2009-11-19
Resigned
PENTLAND, Denise→
director · ~62y · appointed 2009-11-19 · resigned 2015-01-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (58 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-28
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-30
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-02-28