THE ROBERT KERR PARTNERSHIP LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC361333 · ltd · incorporated 2009-06-17

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 Jun 2024

Net worth

£28.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Solicitors

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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

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

12 officers (5 active, 12 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

73 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

Positive net assets

Net assets £28,670

Cash YoY

+126%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£165k

↑ 126% YoY

Net Worth

£29k

↑ 1804% YoY

Current Assets

£247k

↑ 30% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-06-30	2023-06-30
Total assets	£39.4k	£22.9k
Current assets	£247.2k	£190.7k
Cash	£165.4k	£73.2k
Debtors	£81.8k	£117.5k
Net assets	£28.7k	£1.5k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (39 events)Click to expand

2025-03-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
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second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2023-06-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-09
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-08
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capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2022-03-08
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capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2022-03-08
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capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2022-03-08
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capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2022-03-08
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capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2022-03-03
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2021-11-03
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capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2021-11-02
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capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2021-09-20
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SPENCER, Amy appointed
director
2021-09-17
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-08-29
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TOD, David, Mister resigned
director
2021-06-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-07
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second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP04AP01
2020-11-10
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ELDER, Gemma Margaret appointed
director
2020-11-10
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-03-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2015-12-31
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GARDNER, John resigned
secretary
2015-12-31
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GARDNER, John resigned
director
2015-06-26
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RAILTON, Karen resigned
director
2014-01-24
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ARROL, James Edward Harris appointed
director
2012-10-04
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RAMAGE, Siobhan Louise resigned
director
2012-04-06
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RAILTON, Karen appointed
director
2011-11-01
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RAMAGE, Siobhan Louise appointed
director
2011-04-05
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MACDONALD, Ellen appointed
director
2011-04-05
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TOD, David, Mister appointed
director
2009-10-01
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KERR, Robert Jude Peter appointed
director
2009-10-01
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KERR, Robert Jude Peter resigned
director
2009-06-19
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JORDAN COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2009-06-17
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Company incorporated
As THE ROBERT KERR PARTNERSHIP LIMITED
2009-06-17
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GARDNER, John appointed
secretary
2009-06-17
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JORDAN COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2009-06-17
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GARDNER, John appointed
director
2009-06-17
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KERR, Robert Jude Peter appointed
director

Owner dependency

80/100

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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "KERR" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2009-06-17

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC69102 — Solicitors

Registered office

28 Moss Street

Paisley

Renfrewshire

PA1 1BA

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-01

Last: 2025-06-17