J.E.B. SURVEYS LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC464326 · ltd · incorporated 2013-11-22
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other engineering activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
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£0Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Average employees200100

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
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-04-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  3. 2023-05-02
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  4. 2022-09-20
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    address · AD01
  5. 2022-03-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-06-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-11-18
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  9. 2019-11-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2019-05-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-02-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2018-11-26
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  13. 2018-10-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2018-10-19
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2018-08-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-04-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2018-01-25
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  18. 2017-04-06
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    BAILEY, Denise Rosalyn appointed
    director
  19. 2013-11-22
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    Company incorporated
    As J.E.B. SURVEYS LTD
  20. 2013-11-22
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    BAILEY, Denise Rosalyn appointed
    secretary
  21. 2013-11-22
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    BAILEY, Janine Elizabeth 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 76 — 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 76 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 12 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Janine Elizabeth Bailey
Individual · British · DOB 09/1973 · age 53
75–100%
—75-100% 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
Incorporated2013-11-22
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC71129 — Other engineering activities

Registered office

Stannergate House 41 Dundee Road West
Broughty Ferry
Dundee
DD5 1NB
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-06
Last: 2025-11-22

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

BAILEY, Denise Rosalyn→
secretary · appointed 2013-11-22
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BAILEY, Denise Rosalyn→
director · ~76y · appointed 2017-04-06
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Active
BAILEY, Janine Elizabeth→
director · ~53y · appointed 2013-11-22
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Recent filings (40 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-02
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2019-11-18