JD SUBSEA LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC566131 · ltd · incorporated 2017-05-17
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

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

🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (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 (84/100)

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
95
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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
32 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

3 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£0May 2023May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-312023-05-31
Average employees2200200

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-04-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-04-08
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2024-04-08
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2024-02-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-04-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-03-31
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2021-03-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-05-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2020-05-05
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2020-05-05
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2020-05-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2020-05-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2020-01-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-11-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  19. 2017-10-01
    ➕
    FRASER, Erin appointed
    director
  20. 2017-05-17
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    Company incorporated
    As JD SUBSEA LTD
  21. 2017-05-17
    ➕
    FRASER, Jay Dikir appointed
    director

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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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
Mrs Erin Fraser
Individual · British · DOB 11/1992 · age 34
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/10/2017
Mr Jay Dikir Fraser
Individual · British · DOB 05/1986 · age 40
25–50%
—25-50% shares17/05/2017

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
Incorporated2017-05-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC71122 — Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities

Registered office

Bleachfield House Teasses Mill
Ceres
Cupar
KY15 5PR
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-11
Last: 2026-04-27

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

FRASER, Erin→
director · ~34y · appointed 2017-10-01
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Active
FRASER, Jay Dikir→
director · ~40y · appointed 2017-05-17
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Active

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Recent filings (32 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-08