KRISTELAN (UK) LIMITED

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SC350294 · ltd · incorporated 2008-10-22

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 3.4y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£130.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Architectural activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 3.4y

55/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Charge age ~3.4 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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

3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

44 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 £130,372

Net assets shrinking

Down £130,587 YoY

Cash YoY

+19%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£410k

↑ 19% YoY

Net Worth

£130k

↓ 50% YoY

Current Assets

£700k

↓ 5.1% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£139.2k	£274.0k
Current assets	£699.9k	£737.6k
Cash	£410.2k	£343.8k
Debtors	£196.2k	£186.9k
Net assets	£130.4k	£261.0k

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

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3 signals 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

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand

2025-12-08
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2024-12-19
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2023-12-20
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accounts · AA
2022-12-22
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officers · AP01
2022-12-07
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TAYLOR, James Morton appointed
director
2022-12-07
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mortgage · MR01
2022-12-07
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Craig Thomas
2022-08-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-25
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2021-01-11
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accounts · AA
2019-10-30
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accounts · AA
2018-11-06
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accounts · AA
2017-12-06
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2016-06-29
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accounts · AA
2015-10-24
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annual-return · AR01
2015-07-06
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accounts · AA
2015-03-12
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2008-10-22
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Company incorporated
As KRISTELAN (UK) LIMITED
2008-10-22
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THOMAS, Susan Ann appointed
secretary
2008-10-22
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THOMAS, Craig appointed
director

Owner dependency

76/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
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.)

Group structure

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

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Kristelan Holdings Ltd

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

ultimate parent

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KRISTELAN (UK) LIMITED

This company · SC350294

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Kristelan Holdings Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	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

Incorporated2008-10-22

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC71111 — Architectural activities

Registered office

29 Brandon Street

Hamilton

South Lanarkshire

ML3 6DA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-05

Last: 2025-10-22

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

THOMAS, Susan Ann→

secretary · appointed 2008-10-22

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Active

TAYLOR, James Morton→

director · ~40y · appointed 2022-12-07

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Active

THOMAS, Craig→

director · ~58y · appointed 2008-10-22

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Active

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Craig Thomas / Susan Thomas / Stephanie Thomas / Lauren Thomas	A registered charge	—	07/12/2022	—

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Recent filings (44 total)

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accounts · AA

2025-12-08

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-10-22

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-12-19

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-10-23

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-12-20

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-10-26

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officers · AP01

2022-12-22

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date

mortgage · MR01

2022-12-07

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-10-27

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-08-31

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-11-04

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-10-25

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-01-11

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-10-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2019-11-18