JBA2025 LTD
- · Lifecycle stage: early → wound-down
- · Investment thesis: growth_story → unclassified
- · Company status: active → liquidation
- · Opportunity score: 70 → 35
- · 6 recent signals weakening vs 1 strengthening
Picture worsened over the last 30 days — 6 negative signals vs 1 positive.
- ↓Lifecycle stage: early → wound-down
- ·Investment thesis: growth_story → unclassified
- ↓Company status: active → liquidation
- ↓Deal-killer verdict: workable → not-transactable
- ↓Opportunity score: 70 → 35
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Opportunity 35/100 (watch), bankability 35/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Asset purchase likely safer than share purchase given structural signals. 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: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100). Current lenders should be on monthly review.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (69/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Not actionable now, but monitor — distressed, succession, or structural changes could flip this into a real opportunity.
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsFinancials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|
| Average employees | 2700 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
1 signal 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
- • 1 insolvency
- • 1 insolvency
- • 1 insolvency
- • 1 accounts
Corporate timeline (5 events)Click to expand
- 2026-07-07⚠️liquidation-compulsory-notice-winding-up-order-court-scotlandinsolvency · WU01(Scot)
- 2026-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-25🏢Company incorporatedAs JBA2025 LTD
- 2024-04-25➕WHARTON, Nathan appointeddirector
- 2024-04-25📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Young company: Only 2.2 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.
Succession & seller-readiness
Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
Red flags
3 high ·Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.
Evidence: Next due: 2026-05-08
Company is actively being wound up. Not a going concern.
Filings relating to insolvency, liquidation, or administration exist in the company's history. Review before proceeding.
Evidence: 2026-07-07: liquidation-compulsory-notice-winding-up-order-court-scotland
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Nathan Wharton Individual · British · DOB 12/1992 · age 34 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 25/04/2024 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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12 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.
See pricing →Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
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