K A BUSINESS SYSTEMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC204602 · ltd · incorporated 2000-03-06
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 9.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£5.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 9.5y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 9.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
66 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 £5,637

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£6k
↑ 278% YoY
Current Assets
£81k
↑ 1.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£16k£32k£49k£65k£81kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£35.2k£34.2k
Current assets£80.9k£79.5k
Net assets£5.6k£1.5k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-06
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2024-06-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-10-25
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2023-05-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-01-31
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  7. 2023-01-31
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    Charge satisfied #1
  8. 2022-05-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-10-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-12-11
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    address · AD01
  15. 2016-11-10
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  16. 2016-11-01
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Just Cash Flow PLC
  17. 2016-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2015-09-01
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    MONKS, Caroline Dorothy appointed
    director
  19. 2004-12-01
    ➖
    BRAWLEY, Martin resigned
    director
  20. 2000-03-06
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As K A BUSINESS SYSTEMS LIMITED
  21. 2000-03-06
    ➕
    MONKS, David John appointed
    secretary
  22. 2000-03-06
    ➕
    MONKS, David John appointed
    director
  23. 2000-03-06
    ➕
    BRAWLEY, Martin 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 63 — 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 63. 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Caroline Dorothy Monks
Individual · British · DOB 10/1963 · age 63
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control24/10/2023
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr David John Monksceased 06/03/2025· 50-75% 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
Incorporated2000-03-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70221 — Financial management

Registered office

3 Kilallan Avenue
Bridge Of Weir
PA11 3PW
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-20
Last: 2026-03-06

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

MONKS, David John→
secretary · appointed 2000-03-06
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Active
MONKS, Caroline Dorothy→
director · ~63y · appointed 2015-09-01
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Active
MONKS, David John→
director · ~60y · appointed 2000-03-06
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Active
BRAWLEY, Martin→
director · ~54y · appointed 2000-03-06 · resigned 2004-12-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Just Cash Flow
Just Cash Flow PLC
A registered charge—01/11/201631/01/2023

Recent filings (66 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-06
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-06
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-07
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-22