KCP ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC266968 · ltd · incorporated 2004-04-26
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£1.42M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38110
Sector: Water supply & waste
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 38120SIC 38120
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). 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, 2 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, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
69 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,421,949
Cash YoY
+25%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£902k
↑ 25% YoY
Net Worth
£1.4m
↑ 18% YoY
Current Assets
£1.2m
↑ 23% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£284k£569k£853k£1.1m£1.4mApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£1.52M£1.32M
Current assets£1.20M£969.8k
Cash£901.6k£721.3k
Debtors£235.4k£220.0k
Net assets£1.42M£1.21M

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-27
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2026-03-17
    ➕
    PRING, Margaret appointed
    director
  3. 2026-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-08-05
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-04-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-08-15
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  11. 2020-04-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2020-04-10
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2020-04-10
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2020-04-10
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2020-04-10
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2020-04-10
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  17. 2020-04-10
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  18. 2020-04-10
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  19. 2020-04-08
    ➖
    PRING, Wendy Jane resigned
    secretary
  20. 2020-04-08
    ➖
    PRING, Wendy Jane resigned
    director
  21. 2020-04-08
    ➖
    STEWART, Jane Claire resigned
    director
  22. 2020-01-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  23. 2019-05-01
    ➕
    STEWART, Jane Claire appointed
    director
  24. 2004-04-27
    ➖
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2004-04-27
    ➖
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2004-04-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As KCP ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES LTD
  27. 2004-04-26
    ➕
    PRING, Karl Christopher appointed
    director
  28. 2004-04-26
    ➕
    PRING, Wendy Jane appointed
    secretary
  29. 2004-04-26
    ➕
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 2004-04-26
    ➕
    PRING, Wendy Jane appointed
    director
  31. 2004-04-26
    ➕
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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 Karl Christopher Pring
Individual · British · DOB 05/1967 · age 59
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Wendy Jane Pringceased 08/04/2020· 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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-04-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC38110 — SIC 38110

Registered office

Benston Smithy
Skares Road
Cumnock
KA18 4QA
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-08
Last: 2026-04-24

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

PRING, Karl Christopher→
director · ~59y · appointed 2004-04-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PRING, Margaret→
director · ~58y · appointed 2026-03-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PRING, Wendy Jane→
secretary · appointed 2004-04-26 · resigned 2020-04-08
Resigned
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-04-26 · resigned 2004-04-27
Resigned
PRING, Wendy Jane→
director · ~57y · appointed 2004-04-26 · resigned 2020-04-08
Resigned
STEWART, Jane Claire→
director · ~54y · appointed 2019-05-01 · resigned 2020-04-08
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-04-26 · resigned 2004-04-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (69 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-06
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-08-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-25