KEY FACILITIES MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC343854 · ltd · incorporated 2008-06-04
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 5.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
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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Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 81100
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). 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 5.6y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 5.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
50 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees71900

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-08-07
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    YORSTON, James Iain resigned
    director
  5. 2023-08-07
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2022-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-08-11
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2022-07-15
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    MITCHELL, Katharine Johnstone resigned
    director
  9. 2021-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-03-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2020-12-29
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  12. 2020-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-12-18
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  14. 2019-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-06-28
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  17. 2017-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  19. 2016-02-01
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    MITCHELL, Katharine Johnstone appointed
    director
  20. 2016-02-01
    ➕
    YORSTON, James Iain appointed
    director
  21. 2011-01-07
    ➖
    RUDBAEK, Lene Juul resigned
    director
  22. 2009-09-10
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    RUDBAEK, Lene Juul appointed
    director
  23. 2008-06-04
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    Company incorporated
    As KEY FACILITIES MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
  24. 2008-06-04
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    MITCHELL, Valerie appointed
    secretary
  25. 2008-06-04
    ➕
    MITCHELL, Stanley Gordon appointed
    director
  26. 2008-06-04
    ➕
    MITCHELL, Valerie appointed
    director
  27. 2008-06-04
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    ELEY-MARTIN, Lesley Patrice appointed
    director
  28. 2008-06-04
    ➖
    ELEY-MARTIN, Lesley Patrice resigned
    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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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 Stanley Gordon Mitchell
Individual · Scottish · DOB 04/1953 · age 73
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2008-06-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC81100 — SIC 81100

Registered office

Mitchell Centre
Station Wynd
Doune
FK16 6DT
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-04
Last: 2025-08-21

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

MITCHELL, Valerie→
secretary · appointed 2008-06-04
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Active
MITCHELL, Stanley Gordon→
director · ~73y · appointed 2008-06-04
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Active
MITCHELL, Valerie→
director · ~72y · appointed 2008-06-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ELEY-MARTIN, Lesley Patrice→
director · ~63y · appointed 2008-06-04 · resigned 2008-06-04
Resigned
MITCHELL, Katharine Johnstone→
director · ~45y · appointed 2016-02-01 · resigned 2022-07-15
Resigned
RUDBAEK, Lene Juul→
director · ~64y · appointed 2009-09-10 · resigned 2011-01-07
Resigned
YORSTON, James Iain→
director · ~68y · appointed 2016-02-01 · resigned 2023-08-07
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—18/12/2020—
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Recent filings (50 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-18
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-03-02
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2020-12-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-24