KINBURN LANDSCAPING LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC233367 · ltd · incorporated 2002-06-27
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Landscape service activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
70 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-052024-04-05
Average employees5600

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-02-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2023-02-01
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    SEY, Myra resigned
    director
  6. 2022-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-09-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2019-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-12-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2017-12-20
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  14. 2017-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-07-28
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2017-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-07-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2002-06-27
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    Company incorporated
    As KINBURN LANDSCAPING LIMITED
  19. 2002-06-27
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    SEY, Paula appointed
    secretary
  20. 2002-06-27
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    SEY, Paula appointed
    director
  21. 2002-06-27
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    1ST CERT FORMATIONS LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2002-06-27
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    1ST CERT FORMATIONS LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2002-06-27
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    SEY, Myra appointed
    director
  24. 2002-06-27
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    1ST CERT FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2002-06-27
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    1ST CERT FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2002-06-27
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    REPORTACTION LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2002-06-27
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    REPORTACTION LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

85/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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 Paula Sey
Individual · British · DOB 01/1975 · age 51
——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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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-06-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC81300 — Landscape service activities

Registered office

6 Radernie Place
St. Andrews
KY16 8QR
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-05
Last made up to: 2025-04-05
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-11
Last: 2025-06-27

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

SEY, Paula→
secretary · appointed 2002-06-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SEY, Paula→
director · ~51y · appointed 2002-06-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
1ST CERT FORMATIONS LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-06-27 · resigned 2002-06-27
Resigned
SEY, Myra→
director · ~76y · appointed 2002-06-27 · resigned 2023-02-01
Resigned
1ST CERT FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-06-27 · resigned 2002-06-27
Resigned
REPORTACTION LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-06-27 · resigned 2002-06-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (70 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-09-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-09