A R KENNEDY DECORATORS AND PAINTING CONTRACTORS LTD.

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SC199533 · ltd · incorporated 1999-09-06
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£202.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Painting
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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 (5 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
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 £202,628
Cash YoY
+224%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£176k
↑ 224% YoY
Net Worth
£203k
↑ 81% YoY
Current Assets
£248k
↑ 115% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£50k£99k£149k£198k£248kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£219.1k£112.0k
Current assets£247.9k£115.4k
Cash£175.9k£54.3k
Debtors£2.1k£2.6k
Net assets£202.6k£112.0k

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.

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Recent activity

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Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-18
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  3. 2023-12-12
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  4. 2022-07-04
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  5. 2021-11-23
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  6. 2021-03-04
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  7. 2019-12-11
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  8. 2018-06-28
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  9. 2017-10-16
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2017-07-05
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-09-19
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  12. 2016-09-19
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  13. 2016-09-19
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    officers · CH03
  14. 2016-06-22
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-09-10
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-04-01
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    ROSS, Stuart Arnot appointed
    director
  17. 2010-04-01
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    MCLELLAN, John appointed
    director
  18. 2006-04-28
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    MILLER, Stuart resigned
    director
  19. 2002-02-12
    ➕
    MILLER, Stuart appointed
    director
  20. 1999-09-06
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    Company incorporated
    As A R KENNEDY DECORATORS AND PAINTING CONTRACTORS LTD.
  21. 1999-09-06
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    KENNEDY, Allan Robert appointed
    secretary
  22. 1999-09-06
    ➕
    KENNEDY, Allan Robert appointed
    director
  23. 1999-09-06
    ➕
    KENNEDY, Ann appointed
    director
  24. 1999-09-06
    ➕
    FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1999-09-06
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    FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1999-09-06
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    FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 1999-09-06
    ➖
    FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

88/100
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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "KENNEDY" — 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 78 — 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 78 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Allan Robert Kennedy
Individual · British · DOB 03/1948 · age 78
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Ann Kennedy
Individual · British · DOB 04/1952 · age 74
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1999-09-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43341 — Painting

Registered office

6th Floor Gordon Chambers
90 Mitchell Street
Glasgow
G1 3NQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-20
Last: 2025-09-06

Officers (5 active · 3 resigned)

KENNEDY, Allan Robert→
secretary · appointed 1999-09-06
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Active
KENNEDY, Allan Robert→
director · ~78y · appointed 1999-09-06
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Active
KENNEDY, Ann→
director · ~74y · appointed 1999-09-06
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Active
MCLELLAN, John→
director · ~62y · appointed 2010-04-01
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Active
ROSS, Stuart Arnot→
director · ~48y · appointed 2015-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-09-06 · resigned 1999-09-06
Resigned
MILLER, Stuart→
director · ~62y · appointed 2002-02-12 · resigned 2006-04-28
Resigned
FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-09-06 · resigned 1999-09-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (82 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-11
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-10
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-09-14