KINETIC MACHINE TOOL SERVICE & REPAIR LTD

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SC366632 · ltd · incorporated 2009-10-09
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£67.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Repair of machinery
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 90-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 90). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
48 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £67,835
Net assets shrinking
Down £38,173 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£68k
↓ 36% YoY
Current Assets
£21k
↓ 58% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£21k£42k£64k£85k£106kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£76.8k£108.6k
Current assets£20.7k£49.4k
Net assets£67.8k£106.0k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-10-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  7. 2021-06-02
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  8. 2020-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  10. 2017-11-27
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  11. 2017-04-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-04-18
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    accounts · AAMD
  13. 2016-08-25
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-08-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2015-10-27
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2013-02-26
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    HAWTHORNE JNR, John appointed
    director
  17. 2010-06-01
    ➖
    JIANG, Dongmei resigned
    secretary
  18. 2010-06-01
    ➖
    JIANG, Dongmei resigned
    director
  19. 2010-02-01
    ➕
    HAWTHORNE, John appointed
    secretary
  20. 2009-10-09
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    Company incorporated
    As KINETIC MACHINE TOOL SERVICE & REPAIR LTD
  21. 2009-10-09
    ➕
    HAWTHORNE, John Forrest appointed
    director
  22. 2009-10-09
    ➕
    JIANG, Dongmei appointed
    secretary
  23. 2009-10-09
    ➕
    CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2009-10-09
    ➖
    CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2009-10-09
    ➕
    JIANG, Dongmei appointed
    director
  26. 2009-10-09
    ➕
    STEWARD, Vikki appointed
    director
  27. 2009-10-09
    ➖
    STEWARD, Vikki resigned
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 90 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 90 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John Forrest Hawthorne
Individual · British · DOB 06/1936 · age 90
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2009-10-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC33120 — Repair of machinery

Registered office

C/O Mr J F Hawthorne Snr
18 Westfairholm Street
Larkhall
Lanarkshire
ML9 1DE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-23
Last: 2025-10-09

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

HAWTHORNE, John→
secretary · appointed 2010-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HAWTHORNE, John Forrest→
director · ~90y · appointed 2009-10-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HAWTHORNE JNR, John→
director · ~58y · appointed 2013-02-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JIANG, Dongmei→
secretary · appointed 2009-10-09 · resigned 2010-06-01
Resigned
CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-10-09 · resigned 2009-10-09
Resigned
JIANG, Dongmei→
director · ~56y · appointed 2009-10-09 · resigned 2010-06-01
Resigned
STEWARD, Vikki→
director · ~44y · appointed 2009-10-09 · resigned 2009-10-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (48 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-11
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2021-06-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-09