KELTEL COMMUNICATIONS LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC160983 · ltd · incorporated 1995-10-12
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£1.39M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other telecommunications activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 3 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
82 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,388,713
Cash YoY
+37%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1.1m
↑ 37% YoY
Net Worth
£1.4m
↑ 8.9% YoY
Current Assets
£1.1m
↑ 7.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£278k£555k£833k£1.1m£1.4mDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£1.41M£1.28M
Current assets£1.14M£1.07M
Cash£1.06M£773.1k
Debtors£63.4k£276.4k
Net assets£1.39M£1.28M

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

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Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-26
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  2. 2024-09-26
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  3. 2023-09-29
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  4. 2022-09-30
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  5. 2021-09-30
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  6. 2020-12-04
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  7. 2019-09-27
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  8. 2018-09-28
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  9. 2017-09-27
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  10. 2017-07-05
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  12. 2016-09-30
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  13. 2015-11-07
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  14. 2015-09-30
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  15. 2014-11-07
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  16. 1999-06-26
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    DOUGLAS, Alistair Robert appointed
    secretary
  17. 1999-06-26
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    DOUGLAS, Susan Elaine appointed
    director
  18. 1999-06-26
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    DOUGLAS, Alistair Robert resigned
    secretary
  19. 1999-06-26
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    BREARLEY, Alistair resigned
    director
  20. 1998-01-01
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    DOUGLAS, Alistair Robert appointed
    secretary
  21. 1997-12-31
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    BREARLEY, Alistair resigned
    secretary
  22. 1995-10-12
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    Company incorporated
    As KELTEL COMMUNICATIONS LTD.
  23. 1995-10-12
    ➕
    DOUGLAS, Alistair Robert appointed
    director
  24. 1995-10-12
    ➕
    BREARLEY, Alistair appointed
    secretary
  25. 1995-10-12
    ➕
    ASHCROFT CAMERON (SCOTLAND) LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 1995-10-12
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    ASHCROFT CAMERON (SCOTLAND) LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  27. 1995-10-12
    ➕
    BREARLEY, Alistair appointed
    director
  28. 1995-10-12
    ➕
    ALEXANDERS BUSINESS SERVICES LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 1995-10-12
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    ALEXANDERS BUSINESS SERVICES LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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 31 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

86/100
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.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alistair Robert Douglas
Individual · British · DOB 03/1962 · age 64
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Susan Elaine Douglasceased 06/04/2016· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated1995-10-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC61900 — Other telecommunications activities

Registered office

Keltel Comms Ltd
Pinnaclehill Industrial Estate
Kelso
Roxburghshire
TD5 8DW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-26
Last: 2025-10-12

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

DOUGLAS, Alistair Robert→
secretary · appointed 1999-06-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DOUGLAS, Alistair Robert→
director · ~64y · appointed 1995-10-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DOUGLAS, Susan Elaine→
director · ~62y · appointed 1999-06-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BREARLEY, Alistair→
secretary · appointed 1995-10-12 · resigned 1997-12-31
Resigned
DOUGLAS, Alistair Robert→
secretary · appointed 1998-01-01 · resigned 1999-06-26
Resigned
ASHCROFT CAMERON (SCOTLAND) LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1995-10-12 · resigned 1995-10-12
Resigned
BREARLEY, Alistair→
director · ~79y · appointed 1995-10-12 · resigned 1999-06-26
Resigned
ALEXANDERS BUSINESS SERVICES LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1995-10-12 · resigned 1995-10-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (82 total)

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2025-09-26
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2024-10-28
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2023-10-16
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2023-09-29
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2022-10-13
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2022-09-30
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2021-10-18
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2021-09-30
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2020-12-04
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2020-11-02
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2019-10-16
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2019-09-27
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2018-10-25