RED KITE YURTS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC459255 · ltd · incorporated 2013-09-17
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
Why now
Window closing · medium confidence
Getting harder to buy cheaply — 1 signals strengthening over the last 30 days.
  • · Deal-killer verdict: complicated → workable
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

  • Deal-killer verdict: complicatedworkable
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£7.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Renting and leasing of recreational and sports goods
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed
95
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
34 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £7,498
Cash YoY
-2%
Year on year

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£5k
↓ 2.3% YoY
Net Worth
£7k
↑ 188% YoY
Current Assets
£22k
↓ 5.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£11k-£3k£5k£13k£21k£29kSept 2023Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-302024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£24.5k£15.3k£22.4k
Current assets£22.1k£23.3k£29.1k
Cash£4.8k£4.9k£8.0k
Debtors£8.2k£14.0k£16.1k
Net assets£7.5k£-8.5k£-10.9k

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 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-11-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2020-11-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2020-11-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2020-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-09-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2017-09-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2017-09-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2013-09-17
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    Company incorporated
    As RED KITE YURTS LIMITED
  18. 2013-09-17
    MILLARD, Paul appointed
    director
  19. 2013-09-17
    HEIMAN, Osker appointed
    director
  20. 2013-09-17
    HEIMAN, Osker resigned
    director

Owner dependency

90/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100
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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Paul Millard
Individual · British · DOB 03/1954 · age 72
75100%
75-100% shares17/09/2016

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
Incorporated2013-09-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC77210 — Renting and leasing of recreational and sports goods

Registered office

Red Kite Yurts, Tunnel 9/10
Keltie Bridge Workshops
Callander
FK17 8LQ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-01
Last: 2025-09-17

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

MILLARD, Paul
director · ~72y · appointed 2013-09-17
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Active
HEIMAN, Osker
director · ~49y · appointed 2013-09-17 · resigned 2013-09-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (34 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-11-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-11-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-11-16