PARKER BROS. (KILMARNOCK) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC040009 · ltd · incorporated 1964-03-05
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 32.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£109.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45400
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 32.6y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 32.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
102 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 declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £109,044
Cash YoY
+409%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£9k
↑ 409% YoY
Net Worth
£109k
↑ 2.3% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£22k£44k£65k£87k£109kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Total assets£109.0k£106.6k
Current assets—£1.7k
Cash£8.5k£1.7k
Net assets£109.0k£106.6k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-11-29
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  3. 2023-11-29
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  4. 2022-12-07
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  5. 2021-12-01
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  6. 2021-02-10
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  7. 2021-01-07
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  8. 2021-01-07
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2019-11-26
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  10. 2018-11-27
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  11. 2018-10-05
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  12. 2018-10-05
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  13. 2018-03-12
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  14. 2018-03-12
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    officers · TM02
  15. 2018-02-28
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    PARKER, William resigned
    secretary
  16. 2018-02-28
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    PARKER, William resigned
    director
  17. 2017-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-07-01
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    PARKER, Fiona Margaret appointed
    director
  19. 2011-12-20
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    PARKER, Rosemary Strathdee resigned
    director
  20. 2006-02-01
    ➕
    PARKER, Richard appointed
    director
  21. 1994-06-21
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Grantchester Group PLC
  22. 1993-11-09
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  23. 1992-12-17
    ➕
    PARKER, Rosemary Strathdee appointed
    director
  24. 1992-12-17
    ➖
    PARKER, Samuel William resigned
    director
  25. 1964-03-05
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As PARKER BROS. (KILMARNOCK) LIMITED

Owner dependency

99/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "PARKER" — 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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 62 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
Mrs Fiona Margaret Parker
Individual · British · DOB 07/1975 · age 51
25–50%
—25-50% shares28/02/2018
Mr Richard Parker
Individual · British · DOB 09/1967 · age 59
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr William Parkerceased 12/02/2018· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated1964-03-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45400 — SIC 45400

Registered office

26 Portland Road
Kilmarnock
KA1 2EB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-03
Last: 2025-12-20

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

PARKER, Fiona Margaret→
director · ~51y · appointed 2016-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PARKER, Richard→
director · ~59y · appointed 2006-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PARKER, William→
secretary · resigned 2018-02-28
Resigned
PARKER, Rosemary Strathdee→
director · ~85y · appointed 1992-12-17 · resigned 2011-12-20
Resigned
PARKER, Samuel William→
director · ~122y · resigned 1992-12-17
Resigned
PARKER, William→
director · ~87y · resigned 2018-02-28
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Grantchester Group
Grantchester Group PLC
Standard security1 property21/06/1994—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Standard security1 property09/11/1993—
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Recent filings (102 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-07
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-01-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-01-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-20