KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER NETWORK LIMITED
📉Decliningactive
08705643 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2013-09-25
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.
Opportunity decay
drifting distress · 6-months
Drifting toward distress — expect more negotiability in 3–6 months, but also more friction.
- · Lifecycle stage drifting downward
- · Currently "declining"
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
£36.65M
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: conservative operator with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
33 officers (5 active, 33 linked, 30 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
103 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · IFRSProfitable
Profit before tax £159,832
Strong revenue growth
Turnover up 20% YoY
Turnover YoY
+20%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
—
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £36.65M | £30.60M |
| Operating profit | £167.4k | £300.5k |
| Profit before tax | £159.8k | £396.7k |
| Average employees | 28800 | 28700 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 180 days
6
filings
- • 5 officers
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (84 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-09📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2026-01-09📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2026-01-09📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2026-01-09📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-12-31➖HAZELDEN, Lisa Olwyn, Dr resigneddirector
- 2025-12-31➖PHIMISTER, Neil Thomas resigneddirector
- 2025-12-31➖SHAW, Anne resigneddirector
- 2025-12-31➖WILKES, David Michael John, Dr resigneddirector
- 2025-12-15📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-12-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-12-01➕PURCELL, Owen Gerard Dempsey appointeddirector
- 2025-07-16➕EVANS, Frances Jane appointeddirector
- 2025-07-16📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-07-16📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-07-16📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-07-09➖HUTCHINS, Richard Kingsley, Dr resigneddirector
- 2025-07-07➕HARRIS, Stella Kirsten, Dr appointeddirector
- 2025-01-30📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-01-30📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-01-27➕HUTCHINS, Richard Kingsley, Dr appointeddirector
- 2025-01-27➖KINGSBURY, Jonathan Derek resigneddirector
- 2024-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-09📍change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD02
- 2024-09-11📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2024-09-11📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2024-09-02➕WALKER-HARRISON, Chloe Vanessa appointedsecretary
- 2024-09-01➖CALLOW, Catherine resignedsecretary
- 2024-08-20📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-07-08📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-07-05➖CALLOW, Catherine resigneddirector
- 2024-07-04📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-04-30➕TATTAM, Colin, Dr appointeddirector
- 2024-04-30➕PHIMISTER, Neil Thomas appointeddirector
- 2024-01-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-05📍change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD02
- 2023-10-04📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-09-29📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-09-26➖BIDDLE, Michael resigneddirector
- 2023-09-26➕HAZELDEN, Lisa Olwyn, Dr appointeddirector
- 2023-09-26➕KINGSBURY, Jonathan Derek appointeddirector
- 2023-03-31➖GREATED, Alicia, Dr resigneddirector
- 2022-04-26➕BIDDLE, Michael appointeddirector
- 2022-04-26➕SHAW, Anne appointeddirector
- 2022-04-26➕WILKES, David Michael John, Dr appointeddirector
- 2022-04-15➖BROWN, Julia Mary resigneddirector
- 2022-04-12➕CALLOW, Catherine appointeddirector
- 2022-03-31➖CROUDACE, Roya resigneddirector
- 2022-03-31➖JUDGE, Richard Charles Bartlett, Dr resigneddirector
- 2022-03-31➖LIEVEN, Nicholas Andrew John, Professor resigneddirector
- 2022-03-31➖MALLORS-RAY, Ruth Louise, Dr resigneddirector
Showing most recent 50 of 84 events
Owner dependency
40/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
30/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
Red flags
1 med ·5 director resignations in last 12 months
mediumMultiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.
Evidence: HAZELDEN, Lisa Olwyn, Dr resigned 2025-12-31; HUTCHINS, Richard Kingsley, Dr resigned 2025-07-09; PHIMISTER, Neil Thomas resigned 2025-12-31
Group structure
Uk Research And Innovation holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.
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Uk Research And Innovation
Corporate parent
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KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER NETWORK LIMITED
This company · 08705643
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Uk Research And Innovation Corporate entity | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 01/04/2022 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2013-09-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Registered office
Suite 218, Business Design Centre 52 Upper Street
Islington
London
N1 0QH
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-09
Last: 2025-09-25
Officers (5 active · 28 resigned)
WALKER-HARRISON, Chloe Vanessa→
Activesecretary · appointed 2024-09-02
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EVANS, Frances Jane→
Activedirector · ~51y · appointed 2025-07-16
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HARRIS, Stella Kirsten, Dr→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2025-07-07
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PURCELL, Owen Gerard Dempsey→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2025-12-01
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TATTAM, Colin, Dr→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2024-04-30
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CALLOW, Catherine→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2015-07-01 · resigned 2024-09-01
STAIT, Christopher Martin→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2013-09-25 · resigned 2015-07-01
BIDDLE, Michael→
Resigneddirector · ~52y · appointed 2022-04-26 · resigned 2023-09-26
BROWN, Julia Mary→
Resigneddirector · ~60y · appointed 2017-12-07 · resigned 2022-04-15
BRYAN, Robert Kenneth→
Resigneddirector · ~61y · appointed 2013-09-25 · resigned 2016-03-31
CALLOW, Catherine→
Resigneddirector · ~53y · appointed 2022-04-12 · resigned 2024-07-05
CROUDACE, Roya→
Resigneddirector · ~60y · appointed 2019-09-18 · resigned 2022-03-31
FINAN, Peter Michael, Dr→
Resigneddirector · ~59y · appointed 2014-09-25 · resigned 2019-12-05
GLOVER, Mark Robert→
Resigneddirector · ~64y · appointed 2014-09-25 · resigned 2015-06-29
GREATED, Alicia, Dr→
Resigneddirector · ~53y · appointed 2019-08-27 · resigned 2023-03-31
HAZELDEN, Lisa Olwyn, Dr→
Resigneddirector · ~62y · appointed 2023-09-26 · resigned 2025-12-31
HUTCHINS, Richard Kingsley, Dr→
Resigneddirector · ~61y · appointed 2025-01-27 · resigned 2025-07-09
JONES, Soraya, Dr→
Resigneddirector · ~65y · appointed 2015-06-18 · resigned 2017-02-21
JUDGE, Richard Charles Bartlett, Dr→
Resigneddirector · ~64y · appointed 2019-09-18 · resigned 2022-03-31
KINGSBURY, Jonathan Derek→
Resigneddirector · ~58y · appointed 2023-09-26 · resigned 2025-01-27
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Recent filings (103 total)
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-02
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-07-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-07-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-07-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2024-10-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-08