A K DESIGN (SCOTLAND) LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC238248 · ltd · incorporated 2002-10-16

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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year to Nov 2024

Net worth

£14.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Specialised design activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

58 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £14,215

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£14k

↑ 107% YoY

Current Assets

£24k

↑ 74% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2024-11-30	2023-11-30
Total assets	£14.2k	£6.9k
Current assets	£24.1k	£13.9k
Net assets	£14.2k	£6.9k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2025-08-19
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2013-10-01
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HENDERSON, Pamela Diane appointed
director
2008-06-01
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KERR, Patrick resigned
secretary
2008-06-01
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KERR, Patrick resigned
director
2002-10-18
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ANTHONY, David Martin appointed
director
2002-10-18
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KERR, Patrick appointed
secretary
2002-10-18
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BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD resigned
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2002-10-18
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KERR, Patrick appointed
director
2002-10-18
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BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD resigned
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2002-10-16
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Company incorporated
As A K DESIGN (SCOTLAND) LTD
2002-10-16
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BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD appointed
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2002-10-16
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BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD appointed
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Owner dependency

76/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr David Martin Anthony Individual · British · DOB 03/1966 · age 60	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence · firm interest	01/09/2016
Ms Pamela Diane Henderson Individual · British · DOB 12/1968 · age 58	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/09/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2002-10-16

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC74100 — Specialised design activities

Registered office

Hall Cottage 64 Hall Road

Nemphlar

South Lanarkshire

ML11 9JE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-08-31

Last made up to: 2024-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-14

Last: 2025-09-30

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

ANTHONY, David Martin→

director · ~60y · appointed 2002-10-18

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Active

HENDERSON, Pamela Diane→

director · ~58y · appointed 2013-10-01

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Active

KERR, Patrick→

secretary · appointed 2002-10-18 · resigned 2008-06-01

Resigned

BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-10-16 · resigned 2002-10-18

Resigned

KERR, Patrick→

director · ~77y · appointed 2002-10-18 · resigned 2008-06-01

Resigned

BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-10-16 · resigned 2002-10-18

Resigned

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