KYLE DESIGN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC235613 · ltd · incorporated 2002-08-19
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 22.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£12.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Machining
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). 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 22.9y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 22.9 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
9 officers (6 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
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 £12,041

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£12k
↑ 116% YoY
Current Assets
£10k
↓ 46% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£4k£7k£11k£14k£18kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£12.0k£5.6k
Current assets£9.5k£17.5k
Net assets£12.0k£5.6k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

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Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-02-06
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  2. 2024-03-05
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  3. 2023-03-23
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  4. 2022-05-16
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  5. 2021-06-09
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  6. 2020-05-27
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  7. 2019-07-03
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  8. 2018-07-03
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  9. 2017-07-11
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  10. 2016-07-05
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  11. 2015-08-28
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  12. 2015-06-26
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  13. 2014-08-29
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  14. 2014-08-28
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  15. 2014-06-30
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  16. 2013-10-08
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    KYLE, Ryan Alastair appointed
    director
  17. 2013-09-05
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    KYLE, Ryan Alastair resigned
    director
  18. 2013-09-05
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    KYLE, Ryan Alastair resigned
    director
  19. 2012-09-12
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    KYLE, Ryan Alastair appointed
    director
  20. 2010-08-19
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    KYLE, Ryan Alastair appointed
    director
  21. 2007-06-26
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    KYLE, David Ian appointed
    director
  22. 2007-06-26
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    KYLE, Graeme Mark appointed
    director
  23. 2003-07-18
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  24. 2002-08-19
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    Company incorporated
    As KYLE DESIGN LIMITED
  25. 2002-08-19
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    KYLE, Christine Janet appointed
    secretary
  26. 2002-08-19
    ➕
    KYLE, Christine Janet appointed
    director
  27. 2002-08-19
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    KYLE, James appointed
    director
  28. 2002-08-19
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2002-08-19
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

88/100
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
  • -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "KYLE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — 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 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr James Kyle
Individual · Scottish · DOB 07/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence06/04/2016
Mrs Christine Janet Kyle
Individual · British · DOB 01/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant 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
Incorporated2002-08-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC25620 — Machining

Registered office

7 Rinkvale Cottages
Hawick
TD9 9JF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-02
Last: 2025-08-19

Officers (6 active · 3 resigned)

KYLE, Christine Janet→
secretary · appointed 2002-08-19
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Active
KYLE, Christine Janet→
director · ~65y · appointed 2002-08-19
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Active
KYLE, David Ian→
director · ~41y · appointed 2007-06-26
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Active
KYLE, Graeme Mark→
director · ~39y · appointed 2007-06-26
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Active
KYLE, James→
director · ~66y · appointed 2002-08-19
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KYLE, Ryan Alastair→
director · ~34y · appointed 2013-10-08
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Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-08-19 · resigned 2002-08-19
Resigned
KYLE, Ryan Alastair→
director · ~34y · appointed 2012-09-12 · resigned 2013-09-05
Resigned
KYLE, Ryan Alastair→
director · ~34y · appointed 2010-08-19 · resigned 2013-09-05
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
Standard security1 property18/07/2003—
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Recent filings (64 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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2025-02-06
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-30
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accounts · AA
2024-03-05
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-16
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-05-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-09-21