KILLIN COMMUNITY BUS COMPANY

🌳Matureactive
SC197473 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 1999-06-23
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£28.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49390
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
10 officers (4 active, 10 linked, 7 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
74 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £28,396
Net assets shrinking
Down £3,282 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£28k
↓ 10% YoY
Current Assets
£11k
↑ 17% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£6k£13k£19k£25k£32kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£28.4k£31.7k
Current assets£11.3k£9.6k
Net assets£28.4k£31.7k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-12-04
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    BOLIN, Mons resigned
    director
  3. 2025-12-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2025-12-04
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2025-12-03
    ➕
    FORSTER, Andrew appointed
    director
  6. 2024-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-08-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2023-08-15
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  10. 2023-08-15
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  11. 2023-07-19
    ➕
    VAN DE COTERLET, Kerrie appointed
    secretary
  12. 2023-07-19
    ➖
    MACIVER, Donald resigned
    secretary
  13. 2022-12-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-11-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-02-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-10-25
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-11-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2017-07-03
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
  20. 2016-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  21. 2014-12-20
    ➖
    REILLY, James resigned
    director
  22. 2014-11-24
    ➕
    ALLNER, Ronald William appointed
    director
  23. 2014-11-24
    ➕
    BOLIN, Mons appointed
    director
  24. 2014-10-20
    ➖
    FITZGERALD, Kevin Christopher John resigned
    director
  25. 2003-06-20
    ➖
    HOGG, William Chalmers resigned
    secretary
  26. 2003-06-20
    ➕
    MACIVER, Donald appointed
    secretary
  27. 2003-06-20
    ➕
    FITZGERALD, Kevin Christopher John appointed
    director
  28. 2003-02-11
    ➖
    GAULD, James Anderson resigned
    director
  29. 2002-06-10
    ➕
    REILLY, James appointed
    director
  30. 1999-06-23
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As KILLIN COMMUNITY BUS COMPANY
  31. 1999-06-23
    ➕
    GRANT, Charles Hendry appointed
    director
  32. 1999-06-23
    ➕
    HOGG, William Chalmers appointed
    secretary
  33. 1999-06-23
    ➕
    GAULD, James Anderson appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption
Incorporated1999-06-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49390 — SIC 49390

Registered office

The Coach House
Lochay Road
Killin
FK21 8TN
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-07
Last: 2025-06-23

Officers (4 active · 6 resigned)

VAN DE COTERLET, Kerrie→
secretary · appointed 2023-07-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ALLNER, Ronald William→
director · ~80y · appointed 2014-11-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FORSTER, Andrew→
director · ~61y · appointed 2025-12-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRANT, Charles Hendry→
director · ~69y · appointed 1999-06-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOGG, William Chalmers→
secretary · appointed 1999-06-23 · resigned 2003-06-20
Resigned
MACIVER, Donald→
secretary · appointed 2003-06-20 · resigned 2023-07-19
Resigned
BOLIN, Mons→
director · ~73y · appointed 2014-11-24 · resigned 2025-12-04
Resigned
FITZGERALD, Kevin Christopher John→
director · ~72y · appointed 2003-06-20 · resigned 2014-10-20
Resigned
GAULD, James Anderson→
director · ~88y · appointed 1999-06-23 · resigned 2003-02-11
Resigned
REILLY, James→
director · ~85y · appointed 2002-06-10 · resigned 2014-12-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (74 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-08-30
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-08-15
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-08-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-01