KNOCKENGORROCH COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

🌳Matureactive
SC298142 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · 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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£3.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Support activities to performing arts
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 90040Operation of arts facilities
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
53 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £3,493

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£86k
Net Worth
£3k
Current Assets
£88k
Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-30
Total assets£160.2k
Current assets£88.3k
Cash£86.3k
Net assets£3.5k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-22
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  2. 2024-07-05
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  3. 2024-02-27
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    MAYNE, Stephen Phillip appointed
    director
  4. 2024-02-27
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    HOLMES, Simon Gordon resigned
    director
  5. 2024-02-27
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    officers · AP01
  6. 2024-02-27
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  7. 2023-06-27
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  8. 2022-06-30
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  9. 2021-07-16
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  10. 2020-06-30
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  11. 2019-06-27
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  12. 2018-06-29
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  13. 2017-07-03
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  14. 2017-05-20
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    HOLMES, Katriona Mei-Li resigned
    director
  15. 2017-05-20
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2016-07-01
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  17. 2016-03-05
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  18. 2015-06-30
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  19. 2014-08-04
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    WHEELER, Martyn Gary resigned
    secretary
  20. 2014-07-16
    ➕
    GORMAN, Daniel Francis appointed
    director
  21. 2014-07-16
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    JENKINS, Nicholas James Heald appointed
    director
  22. 2006-03-03
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    Company incorporated
    As KNOCKENGORROCH COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY
  23. 2006-03-03
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    HOLMES, Elizabeth Evangeline appointed
    director
  24. 2006-03-03
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    WHEELER, Martyn Gary appointed
    secretary
  25. 2006-03-03
    ➕
    HOLMES, Katriona Mei-Li appointed
    director
  26. 2006-03-03
    ➕
    HOLMES, Simon Gordon appointed
    director

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Elizabeth Evangeline Holmes
Individual · British · DOB 04/1944 · age 82
——sig. influencesignificant influence01/03/2017

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2006-03-03
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC90020 — Support activities to performing arts

Registered office

Knockengorroch
Carsphairn
Castle Douglas
Kirkcudbrightshire
DG7 3TJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-25
Last: 2026-03-11

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

GORMAN, Daniel Francis→
director · ~50y · appointed 2014-07-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOLMES, Elizabeth Evangeline→
director · ~82y · appointed 2006-03-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JENKINS, Nicholas James Heald→
director · ~51y · appointed 2014-07-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MAYNE, Stephen Phillip→
director · ~52y · appointed 2024-02-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WHEELER, Martyn Gary→
secretary · appointed 2006-03-03 · resigned 2014-08-04
Resigned
HOLMES, Katriona Mei-Li→
director · ~50y · appointed 2006-03-03 · resigned 2017-05-20
Resigned
HOLMES, Simon Gordon→
director · ~84y · appointed 2006-03-03 · resigned 2024-02-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (53 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-19
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2025-09-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-12
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officers · AP01
2024-02-27
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-16
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-11