NEWAGE KITCHENS & BATHROOMS LTD.

💤Zombieactive
SC248489 · ltd · incorporated 2003-04-29
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
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 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). 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 (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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
58 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.

Key financials

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

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees200200

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-01-23
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  3. 2024-01-24
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  4. 2023-01-27
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  5. 2022-05-03
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  6. 2022-01-27
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  7. 2021-04-23
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  8. 2020-01-28
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  9. 2019-05-28
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    officers · TM01
  10. 2019-04-01
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    MUIR, Neil Andrew Robert resigned
    director
  11. 2019-01-29
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  12. 2018-01-31
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  13. 2018-01-18
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    MUIR, Neil Andrew Robert appointed
    director
  14. 2018-01-18
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    officers · AP01
  15. 2017-02-08
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-05-03
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  17. 2016-02-09
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2007-03-01
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    TEMPLE, Gillian appointed
    secretary
  19. 2007-03-01
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    TEMPLE, Alan appointed
    director
  20. 2007-03-01
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    TEMPLE, Alan resigned
    secretary
  21. 2007-03-01
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    TEMPLE, Gillian resigned
    director
  22. 2003-04-29
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    Company incorporated
    As NEWAGE KITCHENS & BATHROOMS LTD.
  23. 2003-04-29
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    TEMPLE, Alan appointed
    secretary
  24. 2003-04-29
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2003-04-29
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2003-04-29
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    TEMPLE, Gillian appointed
    director
  27. 2003-04-29
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 2003-04-29
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100
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.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alan Temple
Individual · British · DOB 03/1960 · age 66
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-04-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

159 Cocklaw Street
Kelty
Fife
KY4 0DH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-13
Last: 2026-04-29

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

TEMPLE, Gillian→
secretary · appointed 2007-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TEMPLE, Alan→
director · ~66y · appointed 2007-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TEMPLE, Alan→
secretary · appointed 2003-04-29 · resigned 2007-03-01
Resigned
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-04-29 · resigned 2003-04-29
Resigned
MUIR, Neil Andrew Robert→
director · ~49y · appointed 2018-01-18 · resigned 2019-04-01
Resigned
TEMPLE, Gillian→
director · ~63y · appointed 2003-04-29 · resigned 2007-03-01
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-04-29 · resigned 2003-04-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (58 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-30
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accounts · AA
2026-01-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-01-28