JESMOND PHARMACY LIMITED
- · Filings: 21 → 24
- · Oldest live charge 4.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.
- ↑Filings: 21 → 24
No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.
No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.
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).
Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 4.6y
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.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-01-31 | 2024-01-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash | £20.0k | — |
| Net assets | £4.0k | — |
| Average employees | — | 400 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
- • 2 change-of-name
- • 1 resolution
- • 2 change-of-name
- • 1 resolution
- • 1 accounts
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-26✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2026-05-26📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2026-05-26✏️change-of-name-request-commentschange-of-name · NM06
- 2026-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-08-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-08-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-05📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-08-30➖FORSYTH, Douglas Ross resigneddirector
- 2023-06-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-03📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-12-14📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2021-12-03📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2021-11-30🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2021-11-26➕BAIRD, Robert Mackie appointeddirector
- 2021-11-26➕HOLMES, Chris appointeddirector
- 2021-11-26➕FORSYTH, Douglas Ross appointeddirector
- 2021-11-26📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-11-26📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-11-26📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-11-26📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2021-11-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2021-11-26📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2021-11-26📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2021-08-31🏢Company incorporatedAs JESMOND PHARMACY LIMITED
- 2021-08-31➕BAIRD, Nicol Robert appointeddirector
- 2021-08-31📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +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
No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.
- 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 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.
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Baird's Pharmacy Limited Corporate entity | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 31/08/2021 |
Mr Chris Holmes Individual · British · DOB 01/1978 · age 48 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 26/11/2021 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
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Filing status
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 30/11/2021 | — |