KIELDER FOREST PRODUCTS LTD
💤Zombieactive
02729984 · ltd · incorporated 1992-07-09
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 02100
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). 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 (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 31.7y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 31.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (1 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
88 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-29 |
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| Average employees | 1 | 100 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
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
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-08📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2023-09-08🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2023-04-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-21📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-11-21📄withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC09
- 2022-11-21📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2022-11-21📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-01-19➖WAUGH, Ellen Doreen resignedsecretary
- 2022-01-19➖WAUGH, Ellen Doreen resigneddirector
- 2021-10-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-07-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2010-01-18➖WAUGH, Antony George resigneddirector
- 2000-10-25➕WAUGH, Ellen Doreen appointeddirector
- 1994-10-04🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
- 1992-07-09🏢Company incorporatedAs KIELDER FOREST PRODUCTS LTD
- 1992-07-09➕WAUGH, Simon George appointeddirector
- 1992-07-09➕WAUGH, Ellen Doreen appointedsecretary
- 1992-07-09➕COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1992-07-09➖COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1992-07-09➕WAUGH, Antony George appointeddirector
- 1992-07-09➕COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 1992-07-09➖COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 1992-07-09➕COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 1992-07-09➖COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
100/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
95/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong 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.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 34 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 34 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Simon George Waugh Individual · British · DOB 04/1958 · age 68 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares · trust interest | 19/01/2022 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| A R HUME FARMING LIMITED→ 14017148 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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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.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1992-07-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC02100 — SIC 02100
Registered office
Molesden House
Molesden
Morpeth
Northumberland
NE61 3QF
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-24
Last: 2025-10-10
Officers (1 active · 6 resigned)
WAUGH, Simon George→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 1992-07-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WAUGH, Ellen Doreen→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1992-07-09 · resigned 2022-01-19
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1992-07-09 · resigned 1992-07-09
WAUGH, Antony George→
Resigneddirector · ~96y · appointed 1992-07-09 · resigned 2010-01-18
WAUGH, Ellen Doreen→
Resigneddirector · ~94y · appointed 2000-10-25 · resigned 2022-01-19
COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 1992-07-09 · resigned 1992-07-09
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 1992-07-09 · resigned 1992-07-09
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Debenture | 1 property | 04/10/1994 | 08/09/2023 |
Recent filings (88 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-16
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-07
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-11-21
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2022-11-21
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-11-21
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-10