KKR LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC059312 · ltd · incorporated 1976-01-26
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with leveraged stack — refinance / partial-release angle.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Multiple lenders to manage; inter-creditor friction and partial-release cost possible.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 23.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Property-backed borrower with a 89-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 89). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 3 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 23.3y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 23.3 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 (75/100)

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
10 officers (5 active, 10 linked, 8 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
16 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
112 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
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
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees400400

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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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
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  5. 2024-11-15
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  6. 2023-11-07
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  7. 2022-11-17
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  8. 2021-12-20
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  9. 2021-12-07
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  10. 2020-12-03
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  11. 2019-12-04
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  12. 2019-09-04
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  15. 2019-07-04
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  16. 2019-07-04
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  17. 2019-05-24
    DONALD, Gillian Elizabeth appointed
    director
  18. 2019-03-24
    KELLY, Kenneth Stephenson resigned
    director
  19. 2019-01-15
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  20. 2014-04-08
    RUSSELL, Ian appointed
    director
  21. 2014-04-08
    RUSSELL, Catherine resigned
    director
  22. 2009-07-29
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  23. 2003-07-09
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  24. 2003-01-31
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  25. 2002-03-08
    RUSSELL, Catherine appointed
    director
  26. 2001-12-17
    RUSSELL, John resigned
    director
  27. 1991-12-03
    DONALD, Gillian Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  28. 1991-12-03
    KILGOUR, John Shanks appointed
    director
  29. 1991-12-03
    KILGOUR, John Shanks resigned
    secretary
  30. 1991-11-08
    KILGOUR, John Watt resigned
    director
  31. 1976-01-26
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    Company incorporated
    As KKR LIMITED

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 89 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 89 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 34 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 50 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1976-01-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

Unit 1 Waverley Road
Mitchelston Industrial Estate
Kirkcaldy
Fife
KY1 3NH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-02
Last: 2025-12-19

Officers (5 active · 5 resigned)

DONALD, Gillian Elizabeth
secretary · appointed 1991-12-03
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Active
DONALD, Gillian Elizabeth
director · ~65y · appointed 2019-05-24
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Active
KILGOUR, John Shanks
director · ~62y · appointed 1991-12-03
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Active
RUSSELL, Ian
director · ~73y · appointed 2014-04-08
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Active
RUSSELL, John Graham
director · ~89y
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Active
KILGOUR, John Shanks
secretary · resigned 1991-12-03
Resigned
KELLY, Kenneth Stephenson
director · ~94y · resigned 2019-03-24
Resigned
KILGOUR, John Watt
director · ~102y · resigned 1991-11-08
Resigned
RUSSELL, Catherine
director · ~100y · appointed 2002-03-08 · resigned 2014-04-08
Resigned
RUSSELL, John
director · ~107y · resigned 2001-12-17
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property29/07/2009
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property09/07/2003
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property31/01/2003
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Recent filings (112 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-04
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-08-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-22