JOLA1 LTD

🌿Early-stageactive

SC816196 · ltd · incorporated 2024-07-11

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 closing · high confidence

Getting harder to buy — profile has hardened into "growth story" recently.

· Lifecycle stage: startup → early
· Investment thesis: unclassified → growth_story
· Hygiene score: 90 → 70
· Opportunity score: 71 → 63

Opportunity decay

softening · 6-months

Softening — cumulative signals suggest this becomes more negotiable over the next 3–6 months.

· 3 recent signals weakening vs 0 strengthening

What changed my view

Last 30 days

Picture worsened over the last 30 days — 3 negative signals vs 0 positive.

·Lifecycle stage: startup → early
·Investment thesis: unclassified → growth_story
↓Opportunity score: 71 → 63
↓Hygiene score: 90 → 70
↓Bankability: 65 → 60
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Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

63/100

Worth a look

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What this business does

Primary activity: Public houses and bars

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 63/100 (worth a look), bankability 60/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. 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: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 1.3y

50/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Newest facility, 1.3 years old — likely still in initial term.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

8 filings

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

63/100Worth 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.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-12-31
Average employees	400

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand

2026-03-05
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accounts · AA
2025-05-07
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mortgage · MR01
2025-04-25
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Christopher Purves
2024-12-09
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-09
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officers · CH01
2024-12-09
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-08-05
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-07-11
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Company incorporated
As JOLA1 LTD
2024-07-11
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ADAMS, Christopher appointed
director
2024-07-11
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ADAMS, Jennifer appointed
director
2024-07-11
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PURVES, Christopher Alan appointed
director
2024-07-11
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PURVES, Lyn appointed
director
2024-07-11
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

53/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+Young company: Only 2.0 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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: 2026-07-24

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Christopher Adams Individual · Scottish · DOB 02/1978 · age 48	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	11/07/2024
Jennifer Adams Individual · Scottish · DOB 12/1977 · age 49	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	11/07/2024

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 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

Incorporated2024-07-11

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC56302 — Public houses and bars

Registered office

65 Spylaw Bank Road

Edinburgh

EH13 0JD

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-24OVERDUE

Last: 2025-07-10

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

ADAMS, Christopher→

director · ~48y · appointed 2024-07-11

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Active

ADAMS, Jennifer→

director · ~49y · appointed 2024-07-11

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Active

PURVES, Christopher Alan→

director · ~56y · appointed 2024-07-11

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Active

PURVES, Lyn→

director · ~52y · appointed 2024-07-11

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Active

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Christopher Purves / Lyn Purves	A registered charge	—	25/04/2025	—

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Recent filings (8 total)

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

accounts · AA

2026-03-05

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-08-27

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

mortgage · MR01

2025-05-07

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

officers · CH01

2024-12-09

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

officers · CH01

2024-12-09

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

address · AD01

2024-12-09

change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended

accounts · AA01

2024-08-05

incorporation-company

incorporation · NEWINC

2024-07-11