JAD DISTRIBUTION LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC786687 · ltd · incorporated 2023-10-22
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£840
book net assets
Opportunity
69/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 69/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
10 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
69/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £840

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£840
Current Assets
£840
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-31
Total assets£840
Current assets£840
Net assets£840

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-08
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-25
    📍
    default-companies-house-service-address-applied-psc
    address · RP10
  3. 2025-04-25
    📍
    default-companies-house-service-address-applied-officer
    address · RP09
  4. 2024-11-27
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-12-02
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2023-12-02
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2023-12-02
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2023-10-22
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As JAD DISTRIBUTION LIMITED
  9. 2023-10-22
    DEMPSEY, James Anthony appointed
    director
  10. 2023-10-22
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Young company: Only 2.5 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr James Anthony Dempsey
Individual · Scottish · DOB 06/1997 · age 29
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control22/10/2023

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
Incorporated2023-10-22
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47910 — Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet

Registered office

149 Buchanan Street
Coatbridge
ML5 1DL
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-04
Last: 2025-10-21

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

DEMPSEY, James Anthony
director · ~29y · appointed 2023-10-22
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Recent filings (10 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-08
default-companies-house-service-address-applied-psc
address · RP10
2025-04-25
default-companies-house-service-address-applied-officer
address · RP09
2025-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-11-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-12-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-12-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-02
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-10-22