HUNTHILL KENNELS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC303535 · ltd · incorporated 2006-06-07

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.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

£4.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01490

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). 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 (75/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

46 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £4,630

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£5k

↑ 7.5% YoY

Current Assets

£9k

↓ 2.3% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£4.6k	£4.3k
Current assets	£8.6k	£8.8k
Net assets	£4.6k	£4.3k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-03-13
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accounts · AA
2025-02-26
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accounts · AA
2024-03-13
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accounts · AA
2023-03-21
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accounts · AA
2022-03-21
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accounts · AA
2021-03-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-03-20
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accounts · AA
2019-03-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-03-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-06-26
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-07-19
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2016-04-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-07-20
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-03-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2014-06-21
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annual-return · AR01
2006-06-07
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Company incorporated
As HUNTHILL KENNELS LIMITED
2006-06-07
➕
BREE, Nicola appointed
secretary
2006-06-07
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MACKAY, Gordon appointed
director
2006-06-07
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HOGG JOHNSTON SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
corporate-secretary
2006-06-07
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HOGG JOHNSTON SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
corporate-secretary
2006-06-07
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HOGG JOHNSTON DIRECTORS LTD. appointed
corporate-director
2006-06-07
➖
HOGG JOHNSTON DIRECTORS LTD. resigned
corporate-director

Owner dependency

93/100

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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100

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 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Gordon Mackay Individual · British · DOB 08/1963 · age 63	75–100%	—	75-100% 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

Incorporated2006-06-07

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC01490 — SIC 01490

Registered office

Waterlands Cottage, Waterlands

Road, Law

By Carluke

ML8 5EX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-21

Last: 2025-06-07

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

BREE, Nicola→

secretary · appointed 2006-06-07

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Active

MACKAY, Gordon→

director · ~63y · appointed 2006-06-07

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Active

HOGG JOHNSTON SECRETARIES LTD.→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-06-07 · resigned 2006-06-07

Resigned

HOGG JOHNSTON DIRECTORS LTD.→

corporate-director · appointed 2006-06-07 · resigned 2006-06-07

Resigned

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