J D BIKES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC505034 · ltd · incorporated 2015-05-05
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
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
32 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Average employees00

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-08
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2024-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-05-31
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-05-31
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2023-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-10-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-11-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-10-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-08-01
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  13. 2018-07-27
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    legacy
    miscellaneous · RPCH01
  14. 2018-07-24
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  15. 2017-10-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-04-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2015-05-05
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    Company incorporated
    As J D BIKES LIMITED
  18. 2015-05-05
    ➕
    WADDELL, David Robert appointed
    director
  19. 2015-05-05
    ➕
    WOODROW, John Charles appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

41/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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
Mr David Robert Waddell
Individual · British · DOB 11/1973 · age 53
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr John Charles Woodrow
Individual · British · DOB 11/1972 · age 54
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2015-05-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

3 Castle Court
Carnegie Campus
Dunfermline
Fife
KY11 8PB
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-19
Last: 2025-05-05

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

WADDELL, David Robert→
director · ~53y · appointed 2015-05-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WOODROW, John Charles→
director · ~54y · appointed 2015-05-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Recent filings (32 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-05