K & K HART LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC181271 · ltd · incorporated 1997-12-04
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
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
Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
73 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees1100

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-06-23
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    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-06-23
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  4. 2025-06-23
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  5. 2024-08-23
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-08-31
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2023-07-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-08-31
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-12-21
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  11. 2019-09-09
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  12. 2018-08-23
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  13. 2017-09-13
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-07-11
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-12-17
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2011-10-17
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    HART, Sarah Victoria appointed
    director
  17. 2011-02-07
    ➕
    HART, Kenneth appointed
    secretary
  18. 2011-02-07
    ➖
    HART, Kristine Isabel Mary resigned
    secretary
  19. 2011-02-07
    ➖
    HART, Kristine Isabel Mary resigned
    director
  20. 1997-12-04
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    Company incorporated
    As K & K HART LIMITED
  21. 1997-12-04
    ➕
    HART, Kenneth appointed
    director
  22. 1997-12-04
    ➕
    HART, Kristine Isabel Mary appointed
    secretary
  23. 1997-12-04
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1997-12-04
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1997-12-04
    ➕
    HART, Kristine Isabel Mary appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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 "HART" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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
Mr Kenneth Hart
Individual · British · DOB 07/1953 · age 73
50–75%
—50-75% shares04/12/2016
Miss Sarah Victoria Hart
Individual · British · DOB 06/1994 · age 32
25–50%
—25-50% shares04/12/2016

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
Incorporated1997-12-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

The Gables
Beechwood
Strathpeffer
Ross-Shire
IV14 9AB
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-18
Last: 2025-12-04

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

HART, Kenneth→
secretary · appointed 2011-02-07
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Active
HART, Kenneth→
director · ~73y · appointed 1997-12-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HART, Sarah Victoria→
director · ~32y · appointed 2011-10-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HART, Kristine Isabel Mary→
secretary · appointed 1997-12-04 · resigned 2011-02-07
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-12-04 · resigned 1997-12-04
Resigned
HART, Kristine Isabel Mary→
director · ~66y · appointed 1997-12-04 · resigned 2011-02-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (73 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-08-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-21