JDBS PROPERTIES LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC517829 · ltd · incorporated 2015-10-13

Investment thesis

Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.

Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.

Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.

Why now

Window closing · medium confidence

Getting harder to buy cheaply — 1 signals strengthening over the last 30 days.

· Filings: 22 → 23

What changed my view

Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

↑Filings: 22 → 23

Last 90 days

Picture improved over the last 90 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

↑Filings: 22 → 23

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Oct 2025

Net worth

£44.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Sector: Real estate

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -65% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (87/100)

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

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

23 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £44,692

Net assets shrinking

Down £9,716 YoY

Cash draining

Cash down 65% YoY

Cash YoY

-65%

Year on year

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£4k

↓ 65% YoY

Net Worth

£45k

↓ 18% YoY

Current Assets

£5k

↓ 59% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-10-31	2024-10-31	2023-10-31
Total assets	£44.7k	£54.4k	£51.4k
Current assets	£5.2k	£12.8k	£9.0k
Cash	£4.2k	£11.9k	£6.5k
Debtors	£1.1k	£943	£2.5k
Net assets	£44.7k	£54.4k	£51.4k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand

2026-06-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-10
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-03-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-12-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-03-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-02-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-05-11
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address · AD01
2015-10-13
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Company incorporated
As JDBS PROPERTIES LTD
2015-10-13
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LARGE, Wayne Lee appointed
director
2015-10-13
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STRINGER, Michael appointed
director
2015-10-13
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100

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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
+No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

51/100

Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Wayne Lee Large Individual · British · DOB 05/1972 · age 54	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mr Michael Stringer Individual · British · DOB 12/1964 · age 62	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2015-10-13

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

1 New Dickson House

Dickson Street

Dunfermline

KY12 7SL

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-07-31

Last made up to: 2025-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-26

Last: 2025-10-12

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

LARGE, Wayne Lee→

director · ~54y · appointed 2015-10-13

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

STRINGER, Michael→

director · ~62y · appointed 2015-10-13

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (23 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-06-17

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-11-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-06-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-11-07

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-07-31

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-10-30

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-07-31

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-10-28

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-02-22

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2021-12-10

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-10-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-03-26

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-10-14

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2020-06-11

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2019-10-16