JESMOND PHARMACY LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC708170 · ltd · incorporated 2021-08-31
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
Why now
Window steady · medium confidence
Mixed signals — 1 changes over 30 days, no clear direction yet.
  • · Filings: 21 → 24
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 4.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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

  • Filings: 2124
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
year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£4.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 4.6y

75/100
ready

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

  • · Charge age ~4.6 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
24 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red 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 £3,955

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£20k
Net Worth
£4k
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£4k£8k£12k£16k£20kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Cash£20.0k
Net assets£4.0k
Average employees400

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • 2 change-of-name
  • 1 resolution
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • 2 change-of-name
  • 1 resolution
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-26
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  2. 2026-05-26
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  3. 2026-05-26
    ✏️
    change-of-name-request-comments
    change-of-name · NM06
  4. 2026-01-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-08-22
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2025-08-22
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2024-10-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-09-05
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2023-08-30
    FORSYTH, Douglas Ross resigned
    director
  10. 2023-06-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-01-03
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  12. 2021-12-14
    📄
    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  13. 2021-12-03
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  14. 2021-11-30
    🔒
    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  15. 2021-11-26
    BAIRD, Robert Mackie appointed
    director
  16. 2021-11-26
    HOLMES, Chris appointed
    director
  17. 2021-11-26
    FORSYTH, Douglas Ross appointed
    director
  18. 2021-11-26
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  19. 2021-11-26
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  20. 2021-11-26
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  21. 2021-11-26
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  22. 2021-11-26
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  23. 2021-11-26
    📄
    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  24. 2021-11-26
    📄
    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  25. 2021-08-31
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As JESMOND PHARMACY LIMITED
  26. 2021-08-31
    BAIRD, Nicol Robert appointed
    director
  27. 2021-08-31
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

20/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — BAIRD, Nicol Robert (same surname) appointed 2021-08-31. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

1 med ·
Name changed 2 times
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2026-05-26: certificate-change-of-name-company; 2026-05-26: change-of-name-request-comments

Group structure

Baird's Pharmacy Limited holds majority control (50-75%). Likely parent but not wholly-owned.

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Baird's Pharmacy Limited
Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares · board control
majority
JESMOND PHARMACY LIMITED
This company · SC708170

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Baird's Pharmacy Limited
Corporate entity
5075%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control31/08/2021
Mr Chris Holmes
Individual · British · DOB 01/1978 · age 48
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control26/11/2021

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
Incorporated2021-08-31
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

302-308 Clifton Road
Aberdeen
AB24 4HP
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-13
Last: 2025-08-30

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

BAIRD, Nicol Robert
director · ~48y · appointed 2021-08-31
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Active
BAIRD, Robert Mackie
director · ~75y · appointed 2021-11-26
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Active
HOLMES, Chris
director · ~48y · appointed 2021-11-26
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Active
FORSYTH, Douglas Ross
director · ~39y · appointed 2021-11-26 · resigned 2023-08-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge30/11/2021
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Recent filings (24 total)

certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2026-05-26
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-05-26
change-of-name-request-comments
change-of-name · NM06
2026-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-16
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-01-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-07
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-12-14