KELLY MITCHELL AUTOMOTIVE LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC426427 · ltd · incorporated 2012-06-18
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.
Why now
Window closing · high confidence
Getting harder to buy — profile has hardened into "well run hard buy" recently.
  • · Investment thesis: unclassified → well_run_hard_buy
  • · Hygiene score: 50 → 90
  • · Bankability: 55 → 75
  • · Deal-killer verdict: complicated → clean
Opportunity decay
hardening · 6-months
Hardening — profile is tightening. If you want to act, do it before the window closes further.
  • · 4 recent signals strengthening vs 0 weakening
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 4 positive signals vs 0 negative.

  • ·Investment thesis: unclassified → well_run_hard_buy
  • ↑Deal-killer verdict: complicated → clean
  • ↑Opportunity score: 68 → 78
  • ↑Hygiene score: 50 → 90
  • ↑Bankability: 55 → 75
  • +1 more
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 09100
Sector: Mining & quarrying
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 45200SIC 45200
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 2 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 (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
37 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30

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

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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 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-03-30
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2025-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-06-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-03-15
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  8. 2021-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-01-08
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  10. 2021-01-08
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2021-01-08
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2021-01-08
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2021-01-08
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2021-01-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2020-11-24
    ➕
    MITCHELL, Kevin appointed
    director
  16. 2020-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-01-14
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  18. 2020-01-01
    ➕
    KELLY, Jonathan Charles appointed
    director
  19. 2019-03-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  20. 2012-06-18
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    Company incorporated
    As KELLY MITCHELL AUTOMOTIVE LTD
  21. 2012-06-18
    ➕
    KELLY, James Domenic appointed
    director

Owner dependency

88/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "KELLY" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Kevin Mitchell
Individual · British · DOB 09/1987 · age 39
——sig. influencesignificant influence24/11/2020
Mr Jonathan Charles Kelly
Individual · British · DOB 06/1988 · age 38
——sig. influencesignificant influence24/11/2020
Mr James Domenic Kelly
Individual · British · DOB 04/1960 · age 66
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2012-06-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC09100 — SIC 09100

Registered office

Unit 1-3 Shieldhill Road
Reddingmuirhead
Falkirk
FK2 0DT
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-23
Last: 2026-02-09

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

KELLY, James Domenic→
director · ~66y · appointed 2012-06-18
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Active
KELLY, Jonathan Charles→
director · ~38y · appointed 2020-01-01
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Active
MITCHELL, Kevin→
director · ~39y · appointed 2020-11-24
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Active

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Recent filings (37 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-29
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2026-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-06-14
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-03-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-09
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-01-08