JIM CRUISE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SF000805 · oversea-company · incorporated 1999-10-04
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (49/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, no SIC, incorporation date
80
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
19 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
80
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2013-02-07
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    miscellaneous
    miscellaneous · MISC
  2. 2008-10-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  3. 2007-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2007-03-14
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    miscellaneous
    miscellaneous · MISC
  5. 2007-01-30
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    legacy
    certificate · 692(1)(c)
  6. 2007-01-30
    📄
    legacy
    officers · 692(1)(b)
  7. 2007-01-30
    📄
    legacy
    officers · 692(1)(b)
  8. 2007-01-30
    📄
    legacy
    officers · 692(1)(b)
  9. 2007-01-30
    📄
    legacy
    accounts · 225
  10. 2006-12-15
    ➕
    BAIRD, Iain Sydney Russell appointed
    director
  11. 2006-12-15
    ➖
    CRAIG, Stephen William resigned
    director
  12. 2006-10-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2006-09-13
    ➕
    HEATH, John appointed
    director
  14. 2006-09-13
    ➕
    CRAIG, Stephen William appointed
    director
  15. 2006-09-13
    ➖
    GIBSON, James resigned
    director
  16. 2006-09-13
    ➖
    GIBSON, June resigned
    director
  17. 2006-01-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2005-01-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2004-01-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2003-01-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2002-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2001-04-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  23. 2000-12-22
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    legacy
    accounts · 225
  24. 1999-12-06
    ➕
    GIBLAND SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  25. 1999-12-06
    ➕
    GIBSON, James appointed
    director
  26. 1999-12-06
    ➕
    GIBSON, June appointed
    director
  27. 1999-12-06
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    legacy
    address · BUSADD
  28. 1999-12-06
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    legacy
    incorporation · 691
  29. 1999-10-04
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    Company incorporated
    As JIM CRUISE LIMITED

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeoversea-company
Incorporated1999-10-04
Jurisdictionunited-kingdom
Primary SIC—

Registered office

Iain Baird
180-188 Ingram Street
Glasgow
Lanarkshire
G1 1DN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: —
Last made up to: 2008-02-02
Confirmation statement
Next due: —
Last: —

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

GIBLAND SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1999-12-06
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Active
BAIRD, Iain Sydney Russell→
director · ~61y · appointed 2006-12-15
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Active
HEATH, John→
director · ~68y · appointed 2006-09-13
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Active
CRAIG, Stephen William→
director · ~58y · appointed 2006-09-13 · resigned 2006-12-15
Resigned
GIBSON, James→
director · ~75y · appointed 1999-12-06 · resigned 2006-09-13
Resigned
GIBSON, June→
director · ~72y · appointed 1999-12-06 · resigned 2006-09-13
Resigned

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Recent filings (19 total)

miscellaneous
miscellaneous · MISC
2013-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2008-10-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2007-10-29
miscellaneous
miscellaneous · MISC
2007-03-14
legacy
certificate · 692(1)(c)
2007-01-30
legacy
officers · 692(1)(b)
2007-01-30
legacy
officers · 692(1)(b)
2007-01-30
legacy
officers · 692(1)(b)
2007-01-30
legacy
accounts · 225
2007-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2006-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2006-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2005-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2004-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2003-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2002-03-27