KATEWELL QUARRY LIMITED

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SC300420 · ltd · incorporated 2006-04-06
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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 (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
50 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-12-28
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2020-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-06-30
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    MONTEITH, John Douglas resigned
    director
  9. 2019-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-04-24
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2016-01-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-04-12
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2006-05-08
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    MONTEITH, Ian Cummings appointed
    secretary
  18. 2006-05-08
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    MONTEITH, Ian Cummings appointed
    director
  19. 2006-05-08
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    MCKAY & NORWELL WS resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2006-05-08
    ➖
    HOOKE, Nicholas Thornton resigned
    nominee-director
  21. 2006-05-08
    ➕
    MONTEITH, John Douglas appointed
    director
  22. 2006-04-06
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    Company incorporated
    As KATEWELL QUARRY LIMITED
  23. 2006-04-06
    ➕
    MCKAY & NORWELL WS appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2006-04-06
    ➕
    HOOKE, Nicholas Thornton appointed
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ian Cummings Monteith
Individual · British · DOB 06/1946 · age 80
75–100%
—75-100% shares01/06/2016

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
Incorporated2006-04-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

Grannies Park
Edinburgh Road
Dalkeith
Midlothian
EH22 1JY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-24
Last: 2026-03-10

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

MONTEITH, Ian Cummings→
secretary · appointed 2006-05-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MONTEITH, Ian Cummings→
director · ~80y · appointed 2006-05-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCKAY & NORWELL WS→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-04-06 · resigned 2006-05-08
Resigned
HOOKE, Nicholas Thornton→
nominee-director · ~61y · appointed 2006-04-06 · resigned 2006-05-08
Resigned
MONTEITH, John Douglas→
director · ~79y · appointed 2006-05-08 · resigned 2020-06-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (50 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-01-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-12-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-12-22