JAMES JAMIESON QUARRIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC390567 · ltd · incorporated 2010-12-20
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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Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 08120
Sector: Mining & quarrying
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
40 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-23
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  2. 2024-09-27
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  3. 2023-09-27
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  4. 2022-09-30
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  5. 2021-09-29
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  6. 2020-09-22
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  7. 2019-09-26
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  8. 2018-08-07
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  9. 2017-08-08
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  10. 2016-08-12
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  11. 2015-12-21
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  12. 2015-07-02
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  13. 2015-02-08
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  14. 2014-10-06
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  15. 2014-01-31
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  16. 2012-09-18
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    JAMIESON, Moira appointed
    director
  17. 2011-08-12
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    JAMIESON, Moira appointed
    secretary
  18. 2011-08-12
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    JAMIESON, James David Stewart appointed
    director
  19. 2011-08-12
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    R & R URQUHART LLP resigned
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2011-08-12
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    WHITTLE, Colin Douglas Richardson resigned
    director
  21. 2010-12-20
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    Company incorporated
    As JAMES JAMIESON QUARRIES LIMITED
  22. 2010-12-20
    ➕
    R & R URQUHART LLP appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2010-12-20
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    WHITTLE, Colin Douglas Richardson appointed
    director

Owner dependency

96/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "JAMIESON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — 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 68. 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 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr James David Stewart Jamieson
Individual · British · DOB 07/1958 · age 68
——sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest · firm interest06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2010-12-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC08120 — SIC 08120

Registered office

Ardlethen House
By Ellon
Aberdeenshire
AB41 8PF

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

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

JAMIESON, Moira→
secretary · appointed 2011-08-12
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Active
JAMIESON, James David Stewart→
director · ~68y · appointed 2011-08-12
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Active
JAMIESON, Moira→
director · ~66y · appointed 2012-09-18
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Active
R & R URQUHART LLP→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2010-12-20 · resigned 2011-08-12
Resigned
WHITTLE, Colin Douglas Richardson→
director · ~79y · appointed 2010-12-20 · resigned 2011-08-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (40 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-12-28