KIRKBY SKIPS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
04084076 · ltd · incorporated 2000-10-05
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 22.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£6.98M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38120
Sector: Water supply & waste
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 77390Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 3 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · oldest 22.5y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 22.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
66 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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £6,982,810
Net assets shrinking
Down £2,943 YoY
Cash YoY
+15%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£4.1m
↑ 15% YoY
Net Worth
£7.0m
~ YoY
Current Assets
£4.9m
↑ 9.9% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-29 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £7.48M | £7.40M |
| Current assets | £4.91M | £4.47M |
| Cash | £4.14M | £3.59M |
| Debtors | £772.0k | £874.3k |
| Net assets | £6.98M | £6.99M |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
2
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-08📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2026-06-08📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-08-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-20📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2018-11-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-07-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-11-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-10-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-11-12📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2011-06-21🔒Charge registered #3Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2004-11-08🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2003-12-19🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2000-10-05🏢Company incorporatedAs KIRKBY SKIPS LIMITED
- 2000-10-05➕GROVES, Peter Michael appointedsecretary
- 2000-10-05➕GROVES, James Phillip appointeddirector
- 2000-10-05➕GROVES, Peter Michael appointeddirector
- 2000-10-05➕NORTH WEST REGISTRATION SERVICES (1994) LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2000-10-05➖NORTH WEST REGISTRATION SERVICES (1994) LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2000-10-05➕AVIS, Christine Susan appointednominee-director
- 2000-10-05➖AVIS, Christine Susan resignednominee-director
Owner dependency
91/100
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
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
96/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr James Philip Groves Individual · British · DOB 12/1950 · age 76 | 50–75% | 50–75% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting | 01/07/2016 |
Mr Peter Michael Groves Individual · British · DOB 10/1959 · age 67 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 26/03/2026 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2000-10-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38120 — SIC 38120
Registered office
The Laurels Broad Lane
Homer Green Thornton
Liverpool
Merseyside
L29 8YB
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-19
Last: 2025-10-05
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
GROVES, Peter Michael→
Activesecretary · appointed 2000-10-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GROVES, James Phillip→
Activedirector · ~76y · appointed 2000-10-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GROVES, Peter Michael→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2000-10-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
NORTH WEST REGISTRATION SERVICES (1994) LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-10-05 · resigned 2000-10-05
AVIS, Christine Susan→
Resignednominee-director · ~62y · appointed 2000-10-05 · resigned 2000-10-05
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 21/06/2011 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 08/11/2004 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 19/12/2003 | — |
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Recent filings (66 total)
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-06-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-22