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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 21.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£177.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Construction of domestic buildings
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active 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 21.6y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 21.6 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 declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £177,615
Net assets shrinking
Down £520 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£178k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£200k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£40k£80k£120k£160k£200kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-12-12
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  3. 2023-11-30
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  4. 2022-12-21
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  5. 2021-11-24
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  6. 2021-02-18
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  7. 2019-10-02
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  8. 2018-12-19
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  9. 2017-12-19
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  10. 2017-12-07
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  11. 2017-12-07
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  12. 2017-12-07
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  13. 2017-12-07
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  14. 2016-07-20
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  15. 2016-07-19
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    BATCHELOR, Guthrie James appointed
    director
  16. 2016-07-19
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    BATCHELOR, Guthrie Maxwell resigned
    director
  17. 2016-01-20
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  18. 2004-11-04
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  19. 1999-12-29
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    Company incorporated
    As KINNELL HOMES LIMITED
  20. 1999-12-29
    ➕
    BATCHELOR, Frank Mark appointed
    secretary
  21. 1999-12-29
    ➕
    BATCHELOR, Frank Mark appointed
    director
  22. 1999-12-29
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1999-12-29
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1999-12-29
    ➕
    BATCHELOR, Guthrie Maxwell appointed
    director

Owner dependency

84/100
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.
  • +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 candidate

Strong 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

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 Guthrie James Batchelor
Individual · Scottish · DOB 03/1991 · age 35
25–50%
—25-50% shares19/07/2016
Mr Frank Mark Batchelor
Individual · Scottish · DOB 03/1962 · age 64
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
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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Company details

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→
secretary · appointed 1999-12-29
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Active
BATCHELOR, Frank Mark→
director · ~64y · appointed 1999-12-29
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Active
BATCHELOR, Guthrie James→
director · ~35y · appointed 2016-07-19
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Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-12-29 · resigned 1999-12-29
Resigned
BATCHELOR, Guthrie Maxwell→
director · ~61y · appointed 1999-12-29 · resigned 2016-07-19
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property04/11/2004—
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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