99PINES COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

🌱Startupactive
16244956 · ltd · incorporated 2025-02-11
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01240
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 46342SIC 46342
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (55/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
3 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (6 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-04
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  2. 2025-02-11
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 99PINES COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY
  3. 2025-02-11
    KESTER, Philip appointed
    secretary
  4. 2025-02-11
    HANCOCK, Katie Lisa appointed
    director
  5. 2025-02-11
    HORNIMAN, Nick Robert William appointed
    director
  6. 2025-02-11
    📄
    incorporation-community-interest-company
    incorporation · CICINC

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Young company: Only 1.3 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Philip Kester
Individual · British · DOB 04/1973 · age 53
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control11/02/2025

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
Incorporated2025-02-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01240 — SIC 01240

Registered office

Green Acre
Tibberton
Gloucester
GL2 8DZ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-11
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-24
Last: 2026-02-10

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

KESTER, Philip
secretary · appointed 2025-02-11
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Active
HANCOCK, Katie Lisa
director · ~43y · appointed 2025-02-11
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Active
HORNIMAN, Nick Robert William
director · ~57y · appointed 2025-02-11
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Active

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Recent filings (3 total)

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2026-05-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-14
incorporation-community-interest-company
incorporation · CICINC
2025-02-11