KIDS CABS LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC398188 · ltd · incorporated 2011-04-21
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
£92
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49320
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
36 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 £92
Net assets shrinking
Down £3 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£92
↓ 3.2% YoY
Current Assets
£7k
↑ 271% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£1k£3k£4k£6k£7kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£92£95
Current assets£7.2k£1.9k
Net assets£92£95

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-12
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2023-09-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-07-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-06-28
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-07-14
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-04-29
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    GRAHAM, Keith Alexander appointed
    director
  11. 2019-04-29
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2018-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-07-04
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-08-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-05-17
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-08-11
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2011-10-31
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    GRAHAM, Keith Alexander resigned
    director
  18. 2011-04-21
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    Company incorporated
    As KIDS CABS LTD
  19. 2011-04-21
    ➕
    GRAHAM, Alexander appointed
    director
  20. 2011-04-21
    ➕
    GRAHAM, Keith Alexander appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 77 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 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Keith Alexander Graham
Individual · British · DOB 11/1973 · age 53
25–50%
—25-50% shares29/04/2019
Mr Alexander Graham
Individual · United Kingdom · DOB 07/1949 · age 77
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/04/2017

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
Incorporated2011-04-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49320 — SIC 49320

Registered office

15 Saw Mill Terrace
Bonnyrigg
EH19 3FY
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-05
Last: 2026-04-21

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

GRAHAM, Alexander→
director · ~77y · appointed 2011-04-21
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Active
GRAHAM, Keith Alexander→
director · ~53y · appointed 2019-04-29
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Active
GRAHAM, Keith Alexander→
director · ~53y · appointed 2011-04-21 · resigned 2011-10-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (36 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-04