KILBRIDE FURNITURE LTD.

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SC357524 · ltd · incorporated 2009-03-31

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 Apr 2025

Net worth

£-4.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Residents property management

Sector: Activities of households

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed asset-holding vehicle — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

10 officers (2 active, 10 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 6 total, 6 with control declared

Director network

8 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

66 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £4,635

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£5k

~ YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£-4.6k	£-4.6k
Net assets	£-4.6k	£-4.6k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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 (37 events)Click to expand

2026-01-29
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2025-01-27
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2024-01-09
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2022-11-16
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2022-01-20
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2021-04-22
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2021-04-22
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2021-04-21
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officers · TM01
2021-04-15
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KEAN, Christopher resigned
director
2021-04-15
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RUTHERFORD, David Martin resigned
director
2021-04-15
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2021-04-15
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2021-04-15
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2021-04-15
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2019-10-09
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2019-02-19
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2018-07-02
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2018-07-02
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2018-07-02
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2018-05-25
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KEAN, Shaun appointed
director
2018-05-25
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KEAN, Christopher appointed
director
2018-05-25
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KEAN, James Harkins resigned
director
2018-05-25
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RUTHERFORD, David Martin appointed
director
2014-08-01
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GILCHRIST, Stuart resigned
director
2014-08-01
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HOWIE, Stewart resigned
director
2009-03-31
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Company incorporated
As KILBRIDE FURNITURE LTD.
2009-03-31
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KEAN, Paul appointed
director
2009-03-31
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TRAINER, Peter appointed
nominee-secretary
2009-03-31
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TRAINER, Peter resigned
nominee-secretary
2009-03-31
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GILCHRIST, Stuart appointed
director
2009-03-31
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HOWIE, Stewart appointed
director
2009-03-31
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KEAN, James Harkins appointed
director
2009-03-31
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MCINTOSH, Susan appointed
nominee-director
2009-03-31
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MCINTOSH, Susan resigned
nominee-director
2009-03-31
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TRAINER, Peter appointed
nominee-director
2009-03-31
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TRAINER, Peter resigned
nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100

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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Shaun Kean Individual · British · DOB 01/1989 · age 37	50–75%	50–75%	board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control	25/05/2018
Mr Paul Kean Individual · British · DOB 03/1963 · age 63	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	15/04/2021

4 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Christopher Keanceased 15/04/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
Mr David Martin Rutherfordceased 15/04/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
Mr James Harkins Keanceased 25/05/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
Mr Paul Keanceased 25/05/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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

Incorporated2009-03-31

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

1 Cambuslang Court

Cambuslang

Glasgow

G32 8FH

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-13

Last: 2025-04-29

Officers (2 active · 8 resigned)

KEAN, Paul→

director · ~63y · appointed 2009-03-31

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

KEAN, Shaun→

director · ~37y · appointed 2018-05-25

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

TRAINER, Peter→

nominee-secretary · appointed 2009-03-31 · resigned 2009-03-31

Resigned

GILCHRIST, Stuart→

director · ~68y · appointed 2009-03-31 · resigned 2014-08-01

Resigned

HOWIE, Stewart→

director · ~66y · appointed 2009-03-31 · resigned 2014-08-01

Resigned

KEAN, Christopher→

director · ~42y · appointed 2018-05-25 · resigned 2021-04-15

Resigned

KEAN, James Harkins→

director · ~66y · appointed 2009-03-31 · resigned 2018-05-25

Resigned

MCINTOSH, Susan→

nominee-director · ~56y · appointed 2009-03-31 · resigned 2009-03-31

Resigned

RUTHERFORD, David Martin→

director · ~53y · appointed 2018-05-25 · resigned 2021-04-15

Resigned

TRAINER, Peter→

nominee-director · ~74y · appointed 2009-03-31 · resigned 2009-03-31

Resigned

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Recent filings (66 total)

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

accounts · AA

2026-01-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-05-01

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

accounts · AA

2025-01-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-04-30

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

accounts · AA

2024-01-09

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-05-02

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

accounts · AA

2022-11-16

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-04-29

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

accounts · AA

2022-01-20

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-04-30

change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened

accounts · AA01

2021-04-22

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

accounts · AA

2021-04-22

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2021-04-21

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2021-04-15

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2021-04-15