KT SPORTS (ORKNEY) LIMITED

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SC363572 · ltd · incorporated 2009-08-05
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
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£483.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -39% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 16.5y

30/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 16.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
61 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £483,225
Cash YoY
-39%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£49k
↓ 39% YoY
Net Worth
£483k
↑ 13% YoY
Current Assets
£193k
↓ 22% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£97k£193k£290k£387k£483kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£545.6k£617.5k
Current assets£193.2k£247.6k
Cash£49.0k£80.6k
Debtors£10.7k£27.2k
Net assets£483.2k£426.4k

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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Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-16
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  2. 2024-12-16
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  3. 2024-12-16
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  4. 2024-12-04
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    YOUNG, Elaine Rosemary appointed
    director
  5. 2024-12-04
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    YOUNG, Keith Alexander appointed
    director
  6. 2024-10-30
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  7. 2024-10-30
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  9. 2024-10-30
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  10. 2024-10-30
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  11. 2024-10-30
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  12. 2024-10-30
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  13. 2024-10-30
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  14. 2024-10-29
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    YOUNG, Sean Eoin appointed
    director
  15. 2024-10-29
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    FOULIS, Katie Anne resigned
    secretary
  16. 2024-10-29
    ➖
    FOULIS, David Spence resigned
    director
  17. 2024-10-29
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    FOULIS, Katie Anne resigned
    director
  18. 2024-07-09
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  19. 2023-07-19
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  20. 2022-08-02
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  21. 2021-09-14
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  22. 2020-10-23
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  23. 2019-10-02
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  24. 2018-10-26
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  25. 2015-09-02
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  26. 2009-10-08
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  27. 2009-08-05
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    Company incorporated
    As KT SPORTS (ORKNEY) LIMITED
  28. 2009-08-05
    ➕
    FOULIS, Katie Anne appointed
    secretary
  29. 2009-08-05
    ➕
    FOULIS, David Spence appointed
    director
  30. 2009-08-05
    ➕
    FOULIS, Katie Anne appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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

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

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Sean Young Holdings Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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KT SPORTS (ORKNEY) LIMITED
This company · SC363572

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Sean Young Holdings Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control29/10/2024
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr David Spence Foulisceased 29/10/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mrs Katie Anne Foulisceased 29/10/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2009-08-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47710 — Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores

Registered office

1a Mounthoolie Place
Kirkwall
KW15 1JZ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-22
Last: 2025-08-08

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

YOUNG, Elaine Rosemary→
director · ~59y · appointed 2024-12-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
YOUNG, Keith Alexander→
director · ~67y · appointed 2024-12-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
YOUNG, Sean Eoin→
director · ~38y · appointed 2024-10-29
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Active
FOULIS, Katie Anne→
secretary · appointed 2009-08-05 · resigned 2024-10-29
Resigned
FOULIS, David Spence→
director · ~55y · appointed 2009-08-05 · resigned 2024-10-29
Resigned
FOULIS, Katie Anne→
director · ~51y · appointed 2009-08-05 · resigned 2024-10-29
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property02/09/2015—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Floating charge1 property08/10/2009—
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Recent filings (61 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-21
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-12-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-12-16
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-10-30
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-10-30
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-10-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-10-30
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-10-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-10-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-10-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-07-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-11