KJ TAIT ENGINEERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC371461 · ltd · incorporated 2010-01-20

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 15.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 15.9y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 15.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

14 officers (9 active, 14 linked, 12 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

76 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	102	9600

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (40 events)Click to expand

2025-12-15
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accounts · AA
2024-12-04
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accounts · AA
2024-05-07
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-05-07
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2024-04-10
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incorporation · MA
2024-04-10
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-04-09
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officers · AP01
2024-04-09
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officers · AP01
2024-04-08
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MILLER, Paul Graham appointed
director
2024-04-08
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MOORE, Stuart David appointed
director
2023-12-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-20
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-01-20
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-12-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-06
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capital · SH01
2021-12-06
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-12-06
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officers · AP01
2021-11-18
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LYTLE, Richard Samuel appointed
director
2021-09-07
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capital · SH06
2021-09-07
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officers · TM01
2021-09-07
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capital · SH03
2021-07-16
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HALL, Neil resigned
director
2020-10-31
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WATT, Neil Stuart appointed
director
2015-08-07
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OSBORNE, Stephen resigned
director
2010-07-20
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2010-04-02
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HEFTI, Bryce appointed
director
2010-04-02
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SENIOR, Robert John appointed
director
2010-04-01
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BLACK, Alistair Picken appointed
director
2010-04-01
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CURLEY, Mark Liam appointed
director
2010-04-01
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TAIT, Malcolm Graeme appointed
director
2010-04-01
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SHELF SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2010-04-01
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BEVERIDGE, David Brannigan resigned
director
2010-04-01
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HALL, Neil appointed
director
2010-04-01
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OSBORNE, Stephen appointed
director
2010-04-01
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SHELF DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
corporate-director
2010-01-20
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Company incorporated
As KJ TAIT ENGINEERS LIMITED
2010-01-20
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SHELF SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2010-01-20
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BEVERIDGE, David Brannigan appointed
director
2010-01-20
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SHELF DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
corporate-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

-9 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "TAIT" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
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.)

Group structure

Kj Tait Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Kj Tait Group Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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KJ TAIT ENGINEERS LIMITED

This company · SC371461

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Kj Tait Group Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	08/04/2024

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2010-01-20

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC71122 — Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities

Registered office

15 Woodside Terrace

Glasgow

G3 7XH

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-03

Last: 2026-01-20