KILGANNON MOTORS LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC343495 · ltd · incorporated 2008-05-28

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 7.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

£61.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 45200

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 7.7y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 7.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

13 officers (6 active, 13 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

67 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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 £61,041

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£1k

Net Worth

£61k

Current Assets

£194k

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Total assets	£67.7k	—
Current assets	£194.3k	—
Cash	£1.4k	—
Debtors	£187.9k	—
Net assets	£61.0k	—

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

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (41 events)Click to expand

2026-02-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-02-26
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-01-01
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KILGANNON, Caroline Moore appointed
director
2025-11-12
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CLYDESDALE, Steven resigned
director
2025-11-12
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-03-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-02-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-07-03
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-02-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-02-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-06-03
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accounts-amended-with-made-up-date
accounts · AAMD
2021-05-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-07-22
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-07-22
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2020-07-22
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2020-07-22
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2020-07-22
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-06-10
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2020-06-10
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-06-01
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KILGANNON, Caroline appointed
secretary
2020-06-01
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CLYDESDALE, Steven appointed
director
2020-05-16
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-05-16
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-09-30
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CASSIE, Jordan resigned
director
2019-09-30
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KILGANNON, Katie resigned
director
2018-08-06
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2018-08-01
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KILGANNON, James Gerard appointed
secretary
2018-08-01
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KILGANNON, Helen resigned
secretary
2018-06-22
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FRASER, Lyn Muriel appointed
secretary
2018-06-22
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FRASER, Lyn Muriel appointed
director
2018-06-22
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CASSIE, Jordan appointed
director
2018-06-22
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KILGANNON, Katie appointed
director
2014-08-19
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STRETTON, David, Nmr resigned
director
2014-02-01
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STRETTON, David, Nmr appointed
director
2008-05-28
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Company incorporated
As KILGANNON MOTORS LTD.
2008-05-28
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KILGANNON, James Gerard appointed
director
2008-05-28
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KILGANNON, Helen appointed
secretary
2008-05-28
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-secretary
2008-05-28
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-secretary
2008-05-28
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-director
2008-05-28
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
corporate-director

Owner dependency

91/100

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

+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "KILGANNON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Killie Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Killie Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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KILGANNON MOTORS LTD.

This company · SC343495

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Killie Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest	13/03/2023
Mr James Gerard Kilgannon Individual · British · DOB 10/1965 · age 61	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.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2008-05-28

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

Hedges Loan

Bannockburn

FK7 8HX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-11

Last: 2025-05-28