J&S SANDEMAN LTD

🏛️Establishedactive

SC641196 · ltd · incorporated 2019-09-10

Investment thesis

Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.

Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.

Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 6.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2025

Net worth

£1.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

64/100

Worth a look

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What this business does

Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate

Sector: Real estate

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
68320Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis

Investor take

Special-situation opportunity

Distressed property with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 64/100 (worth a look), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 6.2y

70/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 6.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Company profile

address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

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

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

20 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

64/100Worth a look

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Some moderate concerns — review flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,725

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£5k

Net Worth

£2k

Current Assets

£5k

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30
Total assets	£171.9k	—
Current assets	£4.9k	—
Cash	£4.7k	—
Debtors	£212	—
Net assets	£1.7k	—
Average employees	—	0

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2026-04-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-06-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-04
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-05-04
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-04-05
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-11-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-25
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-05-27
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-05-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-04
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-07-23
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Charter Court Financial Services Limited T/a Precise Mortgages
2021-03-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-03-17
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2020-03-12
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Charter Court Financial Services Limited (Trading as Precise Mortgages)
2019-09-10
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Company incorporated
As J&S SANDEMAN LTD
2019-09-10
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SANDEMAN, John Douglas appointed
director
2019-09-10
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SANDEMAN, Sharon Louise appointed
director
2019-09-10
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

86/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "SANDEMAN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 7 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

1 high ·

Confirmation statement overdue

high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-04-29

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr John Douglas Sandeman Individual · British · DOB 10/1986 · age 40	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	10/09/2019
Mrs Sharon Louise Sandeman Individual · British · DOB 07/1988 · age 38	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	10/09/2019

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 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

Incorporated2019-09-10

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

100 Coupar Angus Road

Birkhill

Dundee

DD2 5PG

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-04-29OVERDUE

Last: 2025-04-15

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

SANDEMAN, John Douglas→

director · ~40y · appointed 2019-09-10

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

SANDEMAN, Sharon Louise→

director · ~38y · appointed 2019-09-10

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Active

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Precise Mortgages Charter Court Financial Services Limited T/a Precise Mortgages	A registered charge	1 property	23/07/2021	—
	outstanding	Precise Mortgages Charter Court Financial Services Limited (Trading as Precise Mortgages)	A registered charge	1 property	12/03/2020	—

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Recent filings (20 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2026-04-20

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

accounts · AA

2025-06-03

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-05-17

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

accounts · AA

2024-06-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-05-08

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-05-04

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-05-04

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-05-04

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

address · AD01

2023-04-05

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

accounts · AA

2022-11-04

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

address · AD01

2022-08-25

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2022-05-27

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

accounts · AA

2022-05-24

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-05-03

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date

mortgage · MR01

2021-08-04