KIRKWOOD PRECISION ENGINEERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC077399 · ltd · incorporated 1982-02-02
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 18.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£10.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Dormant / non-trading with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 18.7y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 18.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
111 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.

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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 £10,000

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£10k
~ YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
—
£0£2k£4k£6k£8k£10kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£10.0k£10.0k
Debtors£10.0k—
Net assets£10.0k£10.0k

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  2. 2024-12-30
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  3. 2023-11-15
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  4. 2023-05-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2022-09-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-08-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-09-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2019-10-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  11. 2017-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  12. 2016-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  13. 2015-12-27
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  14. 2015-10-20
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  15. 2015-02-03
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  16. 2013-10-14
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    Charge satisfied #1
  17. 2007-08-31
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    KIRKWOOD, Elaine Janet appointed
    secretary
  18. 2007-08-31
    ➕
    KIRKWOOD, Alexander Hunter appointed
    director
  19. 2007-08-31
    ➕
    KIRKWOOD, Elaine Janet appointed
    director
  20. 2007-08-31
    ➖
    HELSBY, Elizabeth Jean resigned
    secretary
  21. 2007-08-31
    ➖
    HELSBY, Elizabeth Jean resigned
    director
  22. 2007-08-31
    ➖
    HELSBY, Gillian resigned
    director
  23. 2007-08-31
    ➖
    HELSBY, Michael David resigned
    director
  24. 2007-08-31
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  25. 1994-04-01
    ➕
    HELSBY, Gillian appointed
    director
  26. 1993-11-01
    ➖
    MACDONALD, Donald Andrew Ian resigned
    director
  27. 1989-07-03
    ➕
    HELSBY, Michael David appointed
    director
  28. 1989-07-03
    ➖
    HUME, Henry resigned
    director
  29. 1982-02-02
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As KIRKWOOD PRECISION ENGINEERS 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 "KIRKWOOD" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 44 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 Elaine Janet Kirkwood
Individual · British · DOB 10/1963 · age 63
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mr Alexander Hunter Kirkwood
Individual · British · DOB 08/1962 · age 64
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1982-02-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

Ground Floor (Part) Unit 8000 Academy Business Park
51 Gower Street
Glasgow
G51 1PR
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-01
Last: 2025-12-18

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

KIRKWOOD, Elaine Janet→
secretary · appointed 2007-08-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KIRKWOOD, Alexander Hunter→
director · ~64y · appointed 2007-08-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KIRKWOOD, Elaine Janet→
director · ~63y · appointed 2007-08-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HELSBY, Elizabeth Jean→
secretary · resigned 2007-08-31
Resigned
HELSBY, Elizabeth Jean→
director · ~89y · resigned 2007-08-31
Resigned
HELSBY, Gillian→
director · ~65y · appointed 1994-04-01 · resigned 2007-08-31
Resigned
HELSBY, Michael David→
director · ~66y · appointed 1989-07-03 · resigned 2007-08-31
Resigned
HUME, Henry→
director · resigned 1989-07-03
Resigned
MACDONALD, Donald Andrew Ian→
director · ~100y · resigned 1993-11-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property31/08/200714/10/2013

Recent filings (111 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-11-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-11-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-13