KANTRACO LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC203916 · ltd · incorporated 2000-02-15
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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not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (54/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
81 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-02
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2025-12-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-11-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-11-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-03-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2024-03-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2024-03-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2024-03-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2024-03-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2024-03-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2023-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-11-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-10-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-11-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-11-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-10-02
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    AL KANDARI, Farah Ahmad, Dr appointed
    director
  18. 2011-08-02
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    THE GRANT SMITH LAW PRACTICE resigned
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2011-08-01
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    GRANT SMITH LAW PRACTICE LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2000-03-20
    ➕
    AL KANDARI, Ahmad Mohammed, Dr appointed
    director
  21. 2000-03-20
    ➕
    AL KANDARI, Samirah Ahmad Abbas Mohammed appointed
    director
  22. 2000-03-20
    ➖
    HEPBURN, Anne resigned
    director
  23. 2000-03-20
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    RITCHIE, Sheila Ewan resigned
    director
  24. 2000-02-15
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    Company incorporated
    As KANTRACO LIMITED
  25. 2000-02-15
    ➕
    THE GRANT SMITH LAW PRACTICE appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2000-02-15
    ➕
    HEPBURN, Anne appointed
    director
  27. 2000-02-15
    ➕
    RITCHIE, Sheila Ewan appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Dr Farah Ahmad Al Kandari
Individual · Kuwaiti · DOB 01/1993 · age 33
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Samirah Ahmad Abbas Mohammed Al Kandari
Individual · Kuwaiti · DOB 09/1960 · age 66
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Dr Ahmad Mohammed Al Kandari
Individual · Kuwaiti · DOB 11/1957 · age 69
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2000-02-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Amicable House
252 Union Street
Abereen
AB10 1TN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-07
Last: 2025-11-23

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

GRANT SMITH LAW PRACTICE LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2011-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AL KANDARI, Ahmad Mohammed, Dr→
director · ~69y · appointed 2000-03-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AL KANDARI, Farah Ahmad, Dr→
director · ~33y · appointed 2015-10-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AL KANDARI, Samirah Ahmad Abbas Mohammed→
director · ~66y · appointed 2000-03-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
THE GRANT SMITH LAW PRACTICE→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2000-02-15 · resigned 2011-08-02
Resigned
HEPBURN, Anne→
director · ~76y · appointed 2000-02-15 · resigned 2000-03-20
Resigned
RITCHIE, Sheila Ewan→
director · ~69y · appointed 2000-02-15 · resigned 2000-03-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (81 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-11-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-03-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-03-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-03-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-03-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-03-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-29