CAIRNACRE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC146994 · ltd · incorporated 1993-10-14
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 32.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£561.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 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

1 live charge · oldest 32.5y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 32.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
10 officers (3 active, 10 linked, 5 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
96 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 £561,537
Net assets shrinking
Down £1,242 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£562k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£563k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£113k£226k£339k£452k£564kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£562.4k£564.1k
Current assets£562.7k£564.5k
Net assets£561.5k£562.8k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-12
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  2. 2024-12-19
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  3. 2024-12-19
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    officers · TM01
  4. 2024-12-17
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    SIMMONS, Silvie Louise appointed
    director
  5. 2024-12-17
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    KYTE, Tracey Martine resigned
    director
  6. 2024-10-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  7. 2023-12-20
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  8. 2022-12-15
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  9. 2022-10-12
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  10. 2022-03-16
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  11. 2021-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  12. 2020-08-03
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  13. 2019-12-17
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  14. 2018-12-20
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  15. 2018-01-05
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  16. 2017-01-10
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  17. 2016-11-08
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  18. 2016-11-08
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  19. 2001-10-23
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    KYTE, Tracey Martine appointed
    secretary
  20. 2001-10-23
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    MCGRATH, Adrian Martin resigned
    secretary
  21. 2000-10-15
    ➖
    DOVER, Richard Martin resigned
    secretary
  22. 1997-12-01
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    KYTE, David Mark appointed
    director
  23. 1997-12-01
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    DOVER, John Harvey, Mr. resigned
    director
  24. 1997-12-01
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    DOVER, Richard Martin resigned
    director
  25. 1997-12-01
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    KYTE, Tracey Martine appointed
    director
  26. 1997-10-01
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    MCGRATH, Adrian Martin appointed
    secretary
  27. 1993-10-28
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: John Harvey Dover
  28. 1993-10-25
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    DOVER, Richard Martin appointed
    secretary
  29. 1993-10-25
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    DOVER, John Harvey, Mr. appointed
    director
  30. 1993-10-25
    ➕
    DOVER, Richard Martin appointed
    director
  31. 1993-10-14
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    Company incorporated
    As CAIRNACRE LIMITED
  32. 1993-10-14
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    REID, Brian appointed
    nominee-secretary
  33. 1993-10-14
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    REID, Brian resigned
    nominee-secretary
  34. 1993-10-14
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    REID, Brian appointed
    nominee-director
  35. 1993-10-14
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    REID, Brian resigned
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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
Mr David Mark Kyte
Individual · British · DOB 06/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Tracey Martine Kyte
Individual · British · DOB 04/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1993-10-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

C/O Brodies Llp 58 Morrison Street
Capital Square
Edinburgh
Midlothian
EH3 8BP
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-28
Last: 2025-10-14

Officers (3 active · 7 resigned)

KYTE, Tracey Martine→
secretary · appointed 2001-10-23
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Active
KYTE, David Mark→
director · ~66y · appointed 1997-12-01
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Active
SIMMONS, Silvie Louise→
director · ~42y · appointed 2024-12-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DOVER, Richard Martin→
secretary · appointed 1993-10-25 · resigned 2000-10-15
Resigned
MCGRATH, Adrian Martin→
secretary · appointed 1997-10-01 · resigned 2001-10-23
Resigned
REID, Brian→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1993-10-14 · resigned 1993-10-14
Resigned
DOVER, John Harvey, Mr.→
director · ~87y · appointed 1993-10-25 · resigned 1997-12-01
Resigned
DOVER, Richard Martin→
director · ~59y · appointed 1993-10-25 · resigned 1997-12-01
Resigned
KYTE, Tracey Martine→
director · ~65y · appointed 1997-12-01 · resigned 2024-12-17
Resigned
REID, Brian→
nominee-director · appointed 1993-10-14 · resigned 1993-10-14
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
John Harvey Dover
Legal charge1 property28/10/1993—
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Recent filings (96 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-12-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-10-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-29