J B R PROJECTS LTD
💤Zombieactive
SC468748 · ltd · incorporated 2014-01-31
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£-6.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Engineering design activities for industrial process and production
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 67). 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: 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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
41 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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £6,180
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
-£6k
↓ 5.2% YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-01-31 | 2024-01-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £306 |
| Net assets | £-6.2k | £-5.9k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-12📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-10-12📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-10-12📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-09-11📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-08-17📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-08-16📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-08-12➖ROGERSON, Jacqueline Anne Douglas resigneddirector
- 2023-08-12➖ROGERSON, Michael John resigneddirector
- 2022-12-08➕TAIT, Alistair Ian appointeddirector
- 2022-12-08📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-12-08📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-12-08📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-12-08📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-12-08📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-11-24➕ROGERSON, Jacqueline Anne Douglas appointeddirector
- 2022-11-24➕ROGERSON, Michael John appointeddirector
- 2022-11-24📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-11-24📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-09-05➖ROGERSON, James Barr resigneddirector
- 2022-03-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-03📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-03-03📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-02-21➖ROGERSON, Annette Nicol resigneddirector
- 2014-01-31🏢Company incorporatedAs J B R PROJECTS LTD
- 2014-01-31➕ROGERSON, Annette Nicol appointeddirector
- 2014-01-31➕ROGERSON, James Barr appointeddirector
Owner dependency
90/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
65/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
Red flags
cleanNo 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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Alistair Tait Individual · British · DOB 05/1959 · age 67 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/10/2023 |
4 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Ms Jacqueline Anne Douglas Rogersonceased 06/10/2023· significant influence
- Mr Michael John Rogersonceased 06/10/2023· significant influence
- Mr James Barr Rogersonceased 05/09/2022· 50-75% shares
- Mrs Annette Nicol Rogersonceased 21/02/2022· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEVORGILLA PROJECTS LIMITED→ SC692965 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
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| GF1 INVESTMENTS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED→ SC595513 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| JAMES BELL ENGINEERING LIMITED→ SC656569 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| KC INVESCO LIMITED→ SC641680 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
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| LB ACCOUNTANCY LIMITED→ SC626271 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| LLM PROPERTY & RENTALS LTD→ SC705627 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-01-31
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC71121 — Engineering design activities for industrial process and production
Registered office
3 Bankend Cottage
Beattock
Moffat
Dumfries & Galloway
DG10 9PG
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-20
Last: 2025-10-06
Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)
TAIT, Alistair Ian→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2022-12-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ROGERSON, Annette Nicol→
Resigneddirector · ~87y · appointed 2014-01-31 · resigned 2022-02-21
ROGERSON, Jacqueline Anne Douglas→
Resigneddirector · ~63y · appointed 2022-11-24 · resigned 2023-08-12
ROGERSON, James Barr→
Resigneddirector · ~88y · appointed 2014-01-31 · resigned 2022-09-05
ROGERSON, Michael John→
Resigneddirector · ~66y · appointed 2022-11-24 · resigned 2023-08-12
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (41 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-19
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-10-12
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-10-12
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-10-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-09-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-08-17
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-08-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-12-08
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-12-08