JVD NORTH LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC415426 · ltd · incorporated 2012-01-25
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 14.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35110
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 14.0y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 14.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
42 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
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
100
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£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees200200

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 mortgage
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 mortgage
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-05
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  2. 2026-02-05
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    Charge satisfied #1
  3. 2025-07-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-01-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-01-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2024-08-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-03-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2023-09-26
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-09-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2022-08-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-07-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-10-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-09-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-10-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-01-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2012-04-14
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  18. 2012-01-25
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    Company incorporated
    As JVD NORTH LIMITED
  19. 2012-01-25
    ➕
    HENDERSON, Jill Barbara appointed
    director
  20. 2012-01-25
    ➕
    HENDERSON, John Adam appointed
    director
  21. 2012-01-25
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
    director
  22. 2012-01-25
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
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 age: Director aged approximately 77 — 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 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
  • 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
Mrs Jill Barbara Henderson
Individual · British · DOB 03/1952 · age 74
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting25/01/2017
Mr John Adam Henderson
Individual · British · DOB 11/1949 · age 77
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting25/01/2017

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
Incorporated2012-01-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

C/O Saffery Torridon House
Beechwood Park
Inverness
IV2 3BW
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-08
Last: 2026-01-25

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

HENDERSON, Jill Barbara→
director · ~74y · appointed 2012-01-25
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Active
HENDERSON, John Adam→
director · ~77y · appointed 2012-01-25
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Active
MABBOTT, Stephen George→
director · ~76y · appointed 2012-01-25 · resigned 2012-01-25
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
Floating charge1 property14/04/201205/02/2026

Recent filings (42 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-16
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-14