KSA GROUP LTD

🌳Matureactive

03316444 · ltd · incorporated 1997-02-11

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 20.5y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 20.5y

70/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 20.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (74/100)

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

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

14 officers (5 active, 14 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

100 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red 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	2024-03-31
Average employees	1500

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (45 events)Click to expand

2025-05-06
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-03-31
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-03-31
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Charge satisfied #2
2025-03-27
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-03-20
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HARRISON, Wayne resigned
director
2024-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-12
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-11-12
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-11-12
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-10-29
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FERGUSON, Christopher John appointed
director
2024-10-18
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-27
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WALLS, Eric appointed
secretary
2022-07-27
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JONES, Grant Meredith, Professor resigned
secretary
2022-07-27
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-07-27
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2022-01-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-02-20
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2019-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-08-22
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HUNTER, Andrew Douglas, Hope resigned
director
2013-10-30
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Charge satisfied #1
2013-04-22
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2011-03-04
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FORSTER, William Nigel resigned
director
2010-10-01
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HARRISON, Wayne appointed
director
2010-10-01
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HUNTER, Andrew Douglas, Hope appointed
director
2010-07-01
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CAMPBELL, Iain Fraser resigned
secretary
2010-07-01
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JONES, Grant Meredith, Professor appointed
secretary
2010-07-01
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JONES, Grant Meredith resigned
director
2009-05-01
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WALLS, Eric appointed
director
2009-05-01
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FORSTER, William Nigel appointed
director
2009-02-15
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JONES, Grant Meredith appointed
director
2006-02-01
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CAMPBELL, Iain Fraser appointed
director
2005-12-22
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2004-02-04
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WEBB, Michael Edwin Clifford resigned
director
2003-02-01
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CAMPBELL, Iain Fraser appointed
secretary
2003-02-01
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STEVEN, Susan resigned
secretary
2002-12-13
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WEBB, Michael Edwin Clifford appointed
director
1997-02-11
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Company incorporated
As KSA GROUP LTD
1997-02-11
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STEVEN, Keith Ferrier appointed
director
1997-02-11
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STEVEN, Susan appointed
secretary
1997-02-11
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1997-02-11
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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.)

Group structure

Rmt Accountants & Business Advisors Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Rmt Accountants & Business Advisors Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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KSA GROUP LTD

This company · 03316444

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Rmt Accountants & Business Advisors Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	29/10/2024

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Keith Ferrier Stevenceased 29/10/2024· 75-100% shares
Mrs Susan Stevenceased 01/05/2019· 25-50% shares

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1997-02-11

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Units 7-8 The Chandlery

The Quayside

Berwick Upon Tweed

Northumberland

TD15 1HE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-25

Last: 2026-02-11