WILL SMYTH KCPO LTD

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NI733695 · ltd · incorporated 2025-09-24

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

—

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Opportunity

71/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Retail sale of bread, cakes, flour confectionery and sugar confectionery in specialised stores

Sector: Wholesale & retail

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

53100Postal activities under universal service obligation

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 0.5y

50/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Newest facility, 0.5 years old — likely still in initial term.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: low (53/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

2 filings — limited history

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

71/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (5 events)Click to expand

2025-11-20
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mortgage · MR01
2025-11-19
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2025-09-24
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Company incorporated
As WILL SMYTH KCPO LTD
2025-09-24
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SMYTH, William Robert appointed
director
2025-09-24
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

95/100

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 "SMYTH" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Young company: Only 0.7 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr William Robert Smyth Individual · Irish · DOB 04/1991 · age 35	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	24/09/2025

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

Incorporated2025-09-24

Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland

Primary SIC47240 — Retail sale of bread, cakes, flour confectionery and sugar confectionery in specialised stores

Registered office

Office 5b Townsend Enterprise Park

28 Townsend Street

Belfast

BT13 2ES

Northern Ireland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-24

Last made up to: —

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-07

Last: —

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

SMYTH, William Robert→

director · ~35y · appointed 2025-09-24

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	19/11/2025	—

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Recent filings (2 total)

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mortgage · MR01

2025-11-20

incorporation-company

incorporation · NEWINC

2025-09-24