ALAN KITCHING DEVELOPMENTS LTD

💤Zombieactive
05960751 · ltd · incorporated 2006-10-09
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Development of building projects
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
  • 70229Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). 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 18.3y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 18.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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, 3 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
46 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 accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£57k£114k£171k£228k£285kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets—£51.6k
Current assets—£284.7k
Cash—£34.8k
Debtors—£249.9k
Net assets—£51.6k
Average employees200—

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-31
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  2. 2024-07-29
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  3. 2023-07-27
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  4. 2022-07-28
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  5. 2021-07-29
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  6. 2020-10-23
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  7. 2019-07-16
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  8. 2018-07-17
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  9. 2017-07-14
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  10. 2016-05-23
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  11. 2015-11-20
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  12. 2015-11-20
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    Charge satisfied #1
  13. 2015-10-27
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  14. 2015-05-27
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  15. 2014-11-04
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  16. 2014-10-03
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  17. 2008-02-15
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  18. 2006-10-09
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    Company incorporated
    As ALAN KITCHING DEVELOPMENTS LTD
  19. 2006-10-09
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    KITCHING, Rosemary appointed
    secretary
  20. 2006-10-09
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    KITCHING, Alan appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "KITCHING" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 20 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alan Kitching
Individual · British · DOB 03/1954 · age 72
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Rosemary Kitching
Individual · British · DOB 07/1955 · age 71
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-10-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

Greylands Cottage, Forest Moor
Road, Knaresborough
North Yorkshire
HG5 8JX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-23
Last: 2025-10-09

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

KITCHING, Rosemary→
secretary · appointed 2006-10-09
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Active
KITCHING, Alan→
director · ~72y · appointed 2006-10-09
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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
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Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property15/02/200820/11/2015

Recent filings (46 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-20
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accounts · AA
2025-07-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-18
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accounts · AA
2024-07-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-19
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accounts · AA
2023-07-27
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2022-10-17
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accounts · AA
2022-07-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-10-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-22
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accounts · AA
2019-07-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-10-15