KILPATRICK BLANE SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC375563 · ltd · incorporated 2010-03-25
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 3.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£4.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other construction installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 3.4y

75/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Charge age ~3.4 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)
90
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
64 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £4,532

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£57k
Net Worth
£5k
↑ 106% YoY
Current Assets
£284k
↑ 119% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£74k-£3k£69k£141k£212k£284kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£12.1k£-52.2k
Current assets£283.7k£129.6k
Cash£57.3k—
Debtors£155.8k£104.6k
Net assets£4.5k£-74.3k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-11
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-02-06
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    USHER, Sarah Sita resigned
    director
  3. 2026-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-11-20
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  6. 2024-11-20
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    Charge satisfied #1
  7. 2024-10-16
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  8. 2024-05-29
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2024-05-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2024-05-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2024-03-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2024-03-11
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2024-02-28
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    STEWART, Paul resigned
    director
  14. 2024-02-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2023-10-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2023-05-12
    ➕
    USHER, Sarah Sita appointed
    director
  17. 2023-05-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2023-05-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2023-05-12
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  20. 2023-03-23
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  21. 2023-03-23
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Commercial Finance LTD
  22. 2023-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  23. 2022-04-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  24. 2022-04-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  25. 2022-04-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  26. 2019-11-29
    ➖
    CHILDS, Craig resigned
    director
  27. 2018-05-01
    ➕
    ANDERSON, Martin appointed
    director
  28. 2016-12-22
    ➕
    CHILDS, Craig appointed
    director
  29. 2016-12-22
    ➕
    STEWART, Paul appointed
    director
  30. 2010-03-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As KILPATRICK BLANE SERVICES LIMITED
  31. 2010-03-25
    ➕
    ANDERSON, Jillian Rowana appointed
    director
  32. 2010-03-25
    ➕
    WHITE, William appointed
    nominee-director
  33. 2010-03-25
    ➖
    WHITE, William 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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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
Mrs Jillian Rowana Anderson
Individual · Scottish · DOB 11/1966 · age 60
75–100%
—board control75-100% shares · board control06/04/2016

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

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-03-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43290 — Other construction installation

Registered office

18 Crawfurd Street
Greenock
PA15 1LJ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-10
Last: 2025-08-27

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

ANDERSON, Jillian Rowana→
director · ~60y · appointed 2010-03-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ANDERSON, Martin→
director · ~59y · appointed 2018-05-01
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Active
CHILDS, Craig→
director · ~54y · appointed 2016-12-22 · resigned 2019-11-29
Resigned
STEWART, Paul→
director · ~65y · appointed 2016-12-22 · resigned 2024-02-28
Resigned
USHER, Sarah Sita→
director · ~43y · appointed 2023-05-12 · resigned 2026-02-06
Resigned
WHITE, William→
nominee-director · ~77y · appointed 2010-03-25 · resigned 2010-03-25
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Commercial Finance LTD
A registered charge—23/03/202320/11/2024

Recent filings (64 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-05
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-11-20
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2024-10-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-05-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-05-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-25
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-10-18