K K DRAUGHT DRINKS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC298673 · ltd · incorporated 2006-03-13
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£147.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 11070
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
48 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 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £147,455

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£147k
↑ 23% YoY
Current Assets
£167k
↑ 13% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£33k£67k£100k£133k£167kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£165.2k£128.3k
Current assets£166.8k£147.5k
Net assets£147.5k£119.7k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-03-28
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  3. 2024-03-25
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  4. 2023-03-20
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  5. 2021-12-29
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  6. 2021-03-29
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  7. 2019-12-24
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  8. 2018-12-31
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  9. 2017-12-30
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  10. 2016-12-31
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  11. 2016-04-13
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  12. 2015-12-31
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  13. 2015-04-09
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  14. 2014-12-31
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  15. 2014-04-07
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2006-03-14
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    ABERGAN REED NOMINEES LTD resigned
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  17. 2006-03-14
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    ABERGAN REED LIMITED resigned
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  18. 2006-03-13
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    Company incorporated
    As K K DRAUGHT DRINKS LIMITED
  19. 2006-03-13
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    MCDOUGALL, James appointed
    secretary
  20. 2006-03-13
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    MCDOUGALL, James appointed
    director
  21. 2006-03-13
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    MURRAY, Andrew appointed
    director
  22. 2006-03-13
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    ABERGAN REED NOMINEES LTD appointed
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  23. 2006-03-13
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    ABERGAN REED LIMITED appointed
    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 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr James Mcdougall
Individual · British · DOB 02/1968 · age 58
50–75%
—50-75% shares01/03/2017

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-03-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC11070 — SIC 11070

Registered office

Unit 16 James Little Street
Kilmarnock
Ayrshire
KA1 4AT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-27
Last: 2026-03-13

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MCDOUGALL, James→
secretary · appointed 2006-03-13
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Active
MCDOUGALL, James→
director · ~58y · appointed 2006-03-13
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Active
MURRAY, Andrew→
director · ~47y · appointed 2006-03-13
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Active
ABERGAN REED NOMINEES LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-03-13 · resigned 2006-03-14
Resigned
ABERGAN REED LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-03-13 · resigned 2006-03-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (48 total)

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2026-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-03-18