PBJJ EUROPE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC434083 · ltd · incorporated 2012-10-04
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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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 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
31 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
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees2000

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2023-01-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-11-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-05-09
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    appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP04
  12. 2017-04-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2017-04-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2017-04-18
    LC SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  15. 2016-11-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-01-28
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2012-10-04
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    Company incorporated
    As PBJJ EUROPE LIMITED
  18. 2012-10-04
    CLARKSON, Lynne appointed
    director
  19. 2012-10-04
    CLARKSON, Stuart Andrew appointed
    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 70 — 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 70 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2012-10-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

15 Summer Street
Aberdeen
AB10 1SB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-18
Last: 2025-10-04

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

LC SECRETARIES LIMITED
corporate-secretary · appointed 2017-04-18
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Active
CLARKSON, Lynne
director · ~69y · appointed 2012-10-04
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Active
CLARKSON, Stuart Andrew
director · ~70y · appointed 2012-10-04
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Active

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Recent filings (31 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-04