KILWAUGHTER CONSULTANTS LTD.

💤Zombieactive
SC351701 · ltd · incorporated 2008-11-24
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Life insurance
Sector: Financial & insurance
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 65300Pension funding
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). 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 (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
41 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees00

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-07
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  2. 2024-11-15
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  3. 2023-11-28
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  4. 2022-12-07
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  5. 2021-11-15
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  6. 2020-08-24
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  7. 2019-07-26
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  8. 2018-11-12
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  9. 2017-11-27
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  10. 2016-10-25
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  11. 2015-11-26
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  12. 2015-07-09
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  13. 2014-11-26
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  14. 2014-08-05
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  15. 2013-11-26
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  16. 2008-11-24
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    Company incorporated
    As KILWAUGHTER CONSULTANTS LTD.
  17. 2008-11-24
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    DUFFIN, Joan Mitchell appointed
    secretary
  18. 2008-11-24
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    DUFFIN, Brian James appointed
    director
  19. 2008-11-24
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2008-11-24
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2008-11-24
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    MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
    director
  22. 2008-11-24
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    MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100
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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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 Brian James Duffin
Individual · British · DOB 01/1955 · age 71
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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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-11-24
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC65110 — Life insurance

Registered office

8 Craigleith View
Edinburgh
EH4 3JZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-07
Last: 2025-11-23

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

DUFFIN, Joan Mitchell→
secretary · appointed 2008-11-24
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Active
DUFFIN, Brian James→
director · ~71y · appointed 2008-11-24
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Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-11-24 · resigned 2008-11-24
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen George→
director · ~76y · appointed 2008-11-24 · resigned 2008-11-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (41 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-23
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2025-11-07
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2024-11-23
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accounts · AA
2024-11-15
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accounts · AA
2023-11-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-23
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accounts · AA
2022-12-07
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-04
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accounts · AA
2021-11-15
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-27
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accounts · AA
2020-08-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-23
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accounts · AA
2019-07-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-11-25