KINNELL HOMES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC202670 · ltd · incorporated 1999-12-29
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 21.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£177.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Construction of domestic buildings
Sector: Construction
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 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
1 live charge · oldest 21.5y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 21.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
64 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 declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £177,615
Net assets shrinking
Down £520 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£178k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£200k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £178.1k | £178.5k |
| Current assets | £200.0k | £200.0k |
| Net assets | £177.6k | £178.1k |
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
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-07📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-12-07📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2017-12-07📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2017-12-07📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2016-07-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-07-19➕BATCHELOR, Guthrie James appointeddirector
- 2016-07-19➖BATCHELOR, Guthrie Maxwell resigneddirector
- 2016-01-20📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2004-11-04🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 1999-12-29🏢Company incorporatedAs KINNELL HOMES LIMITED
- 1999-12-29➕BATCHELOR, Frank Mark appointedsecretary
- 1999-12-29➕BATCHELOR, Frank Mark appointeddirector
- 1999-12-29➕OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1999-12-29➖OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1999-12-29➕BATCHELOR, Guthrie Maxwell appointeddirector
Owner dependency
84/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 26 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 candidateStrong 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 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Guthrie James Batchelor Individual · Scottish · DOB 03/1991 · age 35 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 19/07/2016 |
Mr Frank Mark Batchelor Individual · Scottish · DOB 03/1962 · age 64 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Guthrie Maxwell Batchelorceased 19/07/2016· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| M & J BUILDERS (DUNDEE) LIMITED→ SC443742 · est 2013 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 13y | — | — |
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-12-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC41202 — Construction of domestic buildings
Registered office
Kinnell Mill
Friockheim
Arbroath
Angus
DD11 4SU
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-21
Last: 2025-12-07
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
BATCHELOR, Frank Mark→
Activesecretary · appointed 1999-12-29
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BATCHELOR, Frank Mark→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 1999-12-29
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BATCHELOR, Guthrie James→
Activedirector · ~35y · appointed 2016-07-19
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-12-29 · resigned 1999-12-29
BATCHELOR, Guthrie Maxwell→
Resigneddirector · ~61y · appointed 1999-12-29 · resigned 2016-07-19
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 04/11/2004 | — |
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Recent filings (64 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-12-19