KIRKLEA LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC298107 · ltd · incorporated 2006-03-03
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 8.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£132.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
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 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 8.9y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 8.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
57 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
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 £132,027

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£132k
↑ 80% YoY
Current Assets
£279k
↑ 35% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£56k£111k£167k£223k£279kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£132.0k£73.5k
Current assets£278.7k£206.1k
Net assets£132.0k£73.5k

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
0
filings
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 (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-08
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    move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
    address · AD04
  3. 2024-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-11-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-04-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2023-04-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2022-10-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-11-23
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-11-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-07-27
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  13. 2018-07-27
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    Charge satisfied #2
  14. 2017-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-07-04
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    mortgage · MR01
  16. 2017-06-28
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    mortgage · MR01
  17. 2017-06-22
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  18. 2017-06-21
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  19. 2006-03-03
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    Company incorporated
    As KIRKLEA LIMITED
  20. 2006-03-03
    ➕
    JACK, Katherine Ann appointed
    secretary
  21. 2006-03-03
    ➕
    JACK, Katherine Ann appointed
    director
  22. 2006-03-03
    ➕
    SOUTAR, David Alexander appointed
    director
  23. 2006-03-03
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2006-03-03
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2006-03-03
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2006-03-03
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

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 64. 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 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Katherine Ann Jack
Individual · British · DOB 07/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr David Alexander Soutar
Individual · British · DOB 03/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% 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
Incorporated2006-03-03
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

10 Stewart Street
Broughty Ferry
Dundee
DD5 3AW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-17
Last: 2026-03-03

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

JACK, Katherine Ann→
secretary · appointed 2006-03-03
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Active
JACK, Katherine Ann→
director · ~64y · appointed 2006-03-03
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Active
SOUTAR, David Alexander→
director · ~62y · appointed 2006-03-03
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Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-03-03 · resigned 2006-03-03
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-03-03 · resigned 2006-03-03
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property22/06/201727/07/2018
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—21/06/2017—
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Recent filings (57 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-10
move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
address · AD04
2025-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-04-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-04-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-23