KIRKMICHAEL VILLAGE RENAISSANCE

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SC376521 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2010-04-09

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 15.8y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£46.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 15.8y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 15.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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

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

Directors & officers

19 officers (8 active, 19 linked, 17 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

69 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £46,614

Net assets shrinking

Down £11,845 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£47k

↓ 20% YoY

Current Assets

£20k

↓ 54% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£46.6k	£58.5k
Current assets	£20.3k	£43.9k
Net assets	£46.6k	£58.5k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (50 events)Click to expand

2025-12-18
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2024-12-05
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accounts · AA
2023-12-22
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accounts · AA
2022-12-28
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accounts · AA
2021-12-30
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accounts · AA
2021-03-30
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accounts · AA
2020-11-05
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officers · AP01
2020-11-01
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DAVEY, Matthew appointed
director
2020-09-04
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officers · AP01
2020-09-04
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officers · TM01
2020-09-03
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SUTHERLAND, Lyn appointed
director
2020-09-03
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PETTIGREW, Gordon Anderson resigned
director
2020-07-05
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officers · TM01
2020-07-01
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WILSON, Norman Hunter resigned
director
2019-11-19
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accounts · AA
2019-07-07
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officers · AP01
2019-07-04
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BEAMISH, Anne appointed
director
2019-06-03
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SLAVIN, Thomas resigned
director
2019-06-03
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officers · TM01
2019-01-31
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officers · AP01
2019-01-31
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officers · TM01
2019-01-20
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SLAVIN, Thomas appointed
director
2019-01-14
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SMITH, Campbell Mcconnell resigned
director
2018-12-27
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accounts · AA
2018-07-31
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2018-07-29
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EASSON, Thomas Ian resigned
director
2016-12-28
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EASSON, Thomas Ian appointed
director
2016-03-10
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HASTON, Catriona, Dr resigned
secretary
2015-04-14
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SCOBIE, Eleanor resigned
director
2014-01-10
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COULTER, Ian Colin resigned
director
2014-01-10
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SCOBIE, Eleanor appointed
director
2014-01-10
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WILSON, Norman Hunter appointed
director
2012-11-17
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Charge satisfied #1
2012-11-01
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LEES, Alan resigned
director
2012-11-01
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PETTIGREW, Gordon Anderson appointed
director
2010-07-27
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Co-Operative Loan Fund Limited
2010-06-12
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HALL, James Sheldon appointed
director
2010-06-12
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HASTON, Catriona Macrae appointed
director
2010-06-12
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SCOBIE, Eleanor appointed
director
2010-04-09
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Company incorporated
As KIRKMICHAEL VILLAGE RENAISSANCE
2010-04-09
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LORIMER, Caroline appointed
director
2010-04-09
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LORIMER, Patrick James appointed
director
2010-04-09
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HASTON, Catriona, Dr appointed
secretary
2010-04-09
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-secretary
2010-04-09
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-secretary
2010-04-09
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COULTER, Ian Colin appointed
director
2010-04-09
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LEES, Alan appointed
director
2010-04-09
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MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
director
2010-04-09
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MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
director
2010-04-09
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SMITH, Campbell Mcconnell 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

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated2010-04-09

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC47110 — Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating

Registered office

Gemilston

63 Patna Road

Kirkmichael

Ayrshire

KA19 7PJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-27

Last: 2026-04-13