A & G KING TIMBER LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC198132 · ltd · incorporated 1999-07-16
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 26.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£7.80M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Sawmilling and planing of wood
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 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

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 26.1y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 26.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (4 active, 9 linked, 3 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
80 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 £7,801,614
Cash YoY
-14%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1.1m
↓ 14% YoY
Net Worth
£7.8m
↑ 4.6% YoY
Current Assets
£3.5m
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£1.6m£3.1m£4.7m£6.2m£7.8mSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£8.01M£7.67M
Current assets£3.52M£3.52M
Cash£1.08M£1.26M
Debtors£2.24M£2.05M
Net assets£7.80M£7.46M

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

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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
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Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
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  7. 2024-03-12
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  8. 2023-06-30
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  9. 2022-04-07
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  10. 2021-03-15
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  11. 2020-04-23
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  12. 2019-03-29
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  13. 2018-07-17
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  16. 2018-05-29
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  17. 2005-11-21
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    DUNBAR, Hazel appointed
    secretary
  18. 2005-11-21
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    KING, Alan George resigned
    secretary
  19. 2004-10-15
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    KING, Alan George appointed
    secretary
  20. 2004-10-15
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    ST.JOHN, Stuart resigned
    secretary
  21. 2000-06-21
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    KING, Alan George resigned
    secretary
  22. 2000-06-21
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    ST.JOHN, Stuart appointed
    secretary
  23. 2000-03-31
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  24. 2000-03-24
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: George King, Rietta Elizabeth King and Alan George King
  25. 1999-07-16
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    Company incorporated
    As A & G KING TIMBER LIMITED
  26. 1999-07-16
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    KING, Alan George appointed
    director
  27. 1999-07-16
    ➕
    KING, George appointed
    director
  28. 1999-07-16
    ➕
    KING, Rietta Elizabeth appointed
    director
  29. 1999-07-16
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    HARRISON, Irene Lesley appointed
    nominee-secretary
  30. 1999-07-16
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    HARRISON, Irene Lesley resigned
    nominee-secretary
  31. 1999-07-16
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    KING, Alan George appointed
    secretary
  32. 1999-07-16
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    BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  33. 1999-07-16
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    BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

98/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "KING" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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 Alan George King
Individual · British · DOB 10/1968 · age 58
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control18/07/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Alan George Kingceased 16/07/2025· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control

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
Incorporated1999-07-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC16100 — Sawmilling and planing of wood

Registered office

Rammerscales Sawmill
Hightae
Lockerbie
Dumfriesshire
DG11 1LD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-30
Last: 2025-07-16

Officers (4 active · 5 resigned)

DUNBAR, Hazel→
secretary · appointed 2005-11-21
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Active
KING, Alan George→
director · ~58y · appointed 1999-07-16
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Active
KING, George→
director · ~84y · appointed 1999-07-16
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Active
KING, Rietta Elizabeth→
director · ~84y · appointed 1999-07-16
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Active
HARRISON, Irene Lesley→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-07-16 · resigned 1999-07-16
Resigned
KING, Alan George→
secretary · appointed 2004-10-15 · resigned 2005-11-21
Resigned
KING, Alan George→
secretary · appointed 1999-07-16 · resigned 2000-06-21
Resigned
ST.JOHN, Stuart→
secretary · appointed 2000-06-21 · resigned 2004-10-15
Resigned
BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-07-16 · resigned 1999-07-16
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property31/03/2000—
outstanding
George King, Rietta Elizabeth King and Alan George King
Floating charge1 property24/03/2000—
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Recent filings (80 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-18
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-07-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-15