KINDRED LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC310610 · ltd · incorporated 2006-10-18

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2024

Net worth

£2.63M

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. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -72% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 15.3y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 15.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

88 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £2,629,855

Cash draining

Cash down 72% YoY

Cash YoY

-72%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£8k

↓ 72% YoY

Net Worth

£2.6m

↑ 91% YoY

Current Assets

£8k

↓ 83% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-09-30	2023-09-30
Total assets	£2.64M	£1.38M
Current assets	£8.1k	£47.6k
Cash	£7.9k	£28.5k
Debtors	£176	£19.1k
Net assets	£2.63M	£1.38M

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

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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

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand

2025-09-03
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
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2025-09-03
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officers · CH03
2025-08-29
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confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2025-07-08
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accounts · AA
2025-04-30
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capital · SH08
2025-04-25
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2025-04-25
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resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-04-24
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capital · SH01
2025-04-09
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officers · AP01
2025-03-26
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LLOYD, Scott Anthony appointed
director
2024-06-19
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accounts · AA
2023-06-28
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2022-03-30
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2021-03-04
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2011-01-12
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Ubs Ag
2006-10-27
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LLOYD, Veronica Jardine appointed
secretary
2006-10-27
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LLOYD, Camilla Frances appointed
director
2006-10-27
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LLOYD, Laura appointed
director
2006-10-27
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LLOYD, Veronica Jardine appointed
director
2006-10-27
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-secretary
2006-10-27
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
corporate-director
2006-10-18
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Company incorporated
As KINDRED LIMITED
2006-10-18
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-secretary
2006-10-18
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-director

Owner dependency

73/100

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 78 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

33/100

Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — LLOYD, Scott Anthony (same surname) appointed 2025-03-26. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
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

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Scott Anthony Lloyd Individual · British · DOB 04/1975 · age 51	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	02/08/2024
Ms Laura Lloyd Individual · British · DOB 11/1981 · age 45	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	02/08/2024
Ms Camilla Frances Lloyd Individual · British · DOB 03/1979 · age 47	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	02/08/2024

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mrs Veronica Jardine Lloydceased 23/05/2025· 25-50% shares

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

Incorporated2006-10-18

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

C/O V J Lloyd Rossdarroch

Tarbet

Arrochar

Dunbartonshire

G83 7DQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-28

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-24

Last: 2025-08-10