SJD MOTORS LTD

🏛️Establishedactive

SC571377 · ltd · incorporated 2017-07-17

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jul 2025

Net worth

£122.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

77/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 45200

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

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

Opportunity 77/100 (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 (73/100).

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

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

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

22 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

77/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

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 £122,486

Cash YoY

+3%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£122k

↑ 3.4% YoY

Net Worth

£122k

↑ 81% YoY

Current Assets

£158k

↑ 26% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Total assets	£133.0k	£81.5k
Current assets	£157.9k	£125.7k
Cash	£122.1k	£118.2k
Debtors	£28.4k	£3.0k
Net assets	£122.5k	£67.5k

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand

2025-12-01
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accounts · AA
2025-02-26
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accounts · AA
2023-12-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-13
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accounts · AA
2021-12-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-03-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-12-05
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accounts · AA
2019-06-12
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officers · AP01
2019-06-01
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DEANS, Julie Fraser appointed
director
2019-04-29
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2019-04-29
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2019-04-29
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2018-10-02
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accounts · AA
2017-07-17
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Company incorporated
As SJD MOTORS LTD
2017-07-17
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DEANS, Steven Victor appointed
director
2017-07-17
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incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

79/100

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 58 — approaching natural succession window.
+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

46/100

Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Steven Victor Deans Individual · British · DOB 05/1968 · age 58	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	17/07/2017
Mrs Julie Fraser Deans Individual · British · DOB 06/1974 · age 52	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	17/07/2017

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

Incorporated2017-07-17

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

49 Springhill Road Mastrick

Aberdeen

AB16 6SA

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-20

Last: 2026-04-06

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

DEANS, Julie Fraser→

director · ~52y · appointed 2019-06-01

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DEANS, Steven Victor→

director · ~58y · appointed 2017-07-17

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