K W BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC252926 · ltd · incorporated 2003-07-17

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

—

year to Jul 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

74/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (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 (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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

14 officers (2 active, 14 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

83 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

74/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (45 events)Click to expand

2025-08-10
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accounts · AA
2025-06-06
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-08-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-08-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-03-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-04-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-09-01
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2018-09-01
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2018-09-01
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2018-09-01
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2018-09-01
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officers · AP03
2018-09-01
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officers · AP01
2018-09-01
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2018-08-31
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NELL, Andre appointed
secretary
2018-08-31
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NELL, Andre appointed
director
2018-08-31
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WHYTE, Kathleen Mary resigned
secretary
2018-08-31
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WHYTE, Kathleen Mary resigned
director
2018-06-08
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2018-06-08
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2018-06-07
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WHYTE, Charles William resigned
director
2018-06-07
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WHYTE, Leslie Alexander resigned
director
2017-08-01
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WHYTE, Charles William appointed
director
2017-08-01
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WHYTE, Leslie Alexander appointed
director
2017-02-23
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WHYTE, Charles Cardno resigned
director
2015-03-31
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WHYTE, Charles William resigned
director
2015-03-31
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WHYTE, Leslie Alexander resigned
director
2014-08-01
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WHYTE, Charles Cardno appointed
director
2014-08-01
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WHYTE, Charles William appointed
director
2014-08-01
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WHYTE, Leslie Alexander appointed
director
2013-12-31
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WHYTE, Charles Cardno resigned
director
2013-12-31
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WHYTE, Charles William resigned
director
2013-12-31
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WHYTE, Leslie Alexander resigned
director
2003-07-17
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Company incorporated
As K W BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
2003-07-17
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WHYTE, Kathleen Mary appointed
secretary
2003-07-17
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-07-17
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-07-17
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WHYTE, Charles Cardno appointed
director
2003-07-17
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WHYTE, Charles William appointed
director
2003-07-17
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WHYTE, Kathleen Mary appointed
director
2003-07-17
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WHYTE, Leslie Alexander appointed
director
2003-07-17
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2003-07-17
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
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Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Andre Nell Individual · British · DOB 03/1971 · age 55	—	75–100%	board control75-100% voting · board control · trust interest · firm interest	31/03/2018

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mrs Kathy Whyteceased 31/08/2018· 50-75% shares

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2003-07-17

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

Unit 4 Markethill Industrial Estate

Turriff

Aberdeenshire

AB53 4QY

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-21

Last: 2025-06-07

Officers (2 active · 12 resigned)

NELL, Andre→

secretary · appointed 2018-08-31

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

NELL, Andre→

director · ~55y · appointed 2018-08-31

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

WHYTE, Kathleen Mary→

secretary · appointed 2003-07-17 · resigned 2018-08-31

Resigned

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-07-17 · resigned 2003-07-17

Resigned

WHYTE, Charles William→

director · ~53y · appointed 2017-08-01 · resigned 2018-06-07

Resigned

WHYTE, Charles Cardno→

director · ~89y · appointed 2014-08-01 · resigned 2017-02-23

Resigned

WHYTE, Charles William→

director · ~53y · appointed 2014-08-01 · resigned 2015-03-31

Resigned

WHYTE, Charles Cardno→

director · ~89y · appointed 2003-07-17 · resigned 2013-12-31

Resigned

WHYTE, Charles William→

director · ~53y · appointed 2003-07-17 · resigned 2013-12-31

Resigned

WHYTE, Kathleen Mary→

director · ~78y · appointed 2003-07-17 · resigned 2018-08-31

Resigned

WHYTE, Leslie Alexander→

director · ~51y · appointed 2017-08-01 · resigned 2018-06-07

Resigned

WHYTE, Leslie Alexander→

director · ~51y · appointed 2014-08-01 · resigned 2015-03-31

Resigned

WHYTE, Leslie Alexander→

director · ~51y · appointed 2003-07-17 · resigned 2013-12-31

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-07-17 · resigned 2003-07-17

Resigned

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Recent filings (83 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-08-10

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-06-10

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2025-06-06

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-08-20

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-06-19

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-08-01

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-06-07

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-08-13

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-06-15

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2021-08-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-06-16

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2020-08-17

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-06-11

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2020-03-16

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2019-06-19