KENTALLEN ADVENTURE LTD.

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SC290827 · ltd · incorporated 2005-09-26

Investment thesis

Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.

Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.

Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 20.5y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£630.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Sector: Real estate

Investor take

Pursue

Property-backed borrower with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 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

2 live charges · oldest 20.5y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 20.5 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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 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

51 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £630,553

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£631k

↑ 9.6% YoY

Current Assets

£256k

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£630.6k	£575.4k
Current assets	£256.3k	£255.3k
Net assets	£630.6k	£575.4k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

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Charge registered #2
Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
2005-12-01
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
2005-09-26
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Company incorporated
As KENTALLEN ADVENTURE LTD.
2005-09-26
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MCFATRIDGE, Paul Michael appointed
secretary
2005-09-26
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MCFATRIDGE, Ian Andrew, Mr. appointed
director
2005-09-26
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MCFATRIDGE, Paul Michael appointed
director
2005-09-26
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-09-26
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-09-26
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2005-09-26
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
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Owner dependency

91/100

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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100

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 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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. Ian Andrew Mcfatridge Individual · British · DOB 02/1958 · age 68	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mr Paul Michael Mcfatridge Individual · United Kingdom · DOB 03/1966 · age 60	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2005-09-26

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

Tigh Na Hoige

Kentallen

Appin

Argyll

PA38 4BY

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-10

Last: 2025-09-26

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MCFATRIDGE, Paul Michael→

secretary · appointed 2005-09-26

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Active

MCFATRIDGE, Ian Andrew, Mr.→

director · ~68y · appointed 2005-09-26

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Active

MCFATRIDGE, Paul Michael→

director · ~61y · appointed 2005-09-26

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-09-26 · resigned 2005-09-26

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-09-26 · resigned 2005-09-26

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company	Standard security	1 property	04/05/2006	—
	outstanding	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company	Floating charge	1 property	01/12/2005	—

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