KEIR JOINERY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC519400 · ltd · incorporated 2015-11-03

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 steady · low confidence

Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

£-10.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

73/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Joinery installation

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

27 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

73/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £10,546

Net assets shrinking

Down £18,920 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£11k

↓ 226% YoY

Current Assets

£247

↓ 98% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Total assets	£-10.5k	£8.4k
Current assets	£247	£10.5k
Net assets	£-10.5k	£8.4k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2026-03-27
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2025-09-12
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2024-09-26
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accounts · AA
2023-09-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
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accounts · AA
2021-09-24
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-09-24
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officers · CH01
2021-09-24
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officers · TM01
2021-09-23
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KEIR, Ian resigned
director
2021-08-25
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accounts · AA
2020-08-28
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2019-08-13
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accounts · AA
2018-08-28
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2017-08-03
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accounts · AA
2017-08-02
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2016-11-30
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2015-11-03
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Company incorporated
As KEIR JOINERY LIMITED
2015-11-03
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KEIR, Lewis appointed
director
2015-11-03
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KEIR, Ian appointed
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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "KEIR" — strong identity link between founder and business.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Ian Keir Individual · British · DOB 02/1955 · age 71	50–75%	50–75%	50-75% shares · 50-75% voting	03/11/2016
Mr Lewis Keir Individual · British · DOB 07/1986 · age 40	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	03/11/2016

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

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FORSYTH OF DENNY LIMITED→ SC105626 · est 1987	£5.36M £3.83M–£6.89M	—	—	10900	38y	85	61y
OGILVIE CONSTRUCTION LIMITED→ SC069644 · est 1979	£3.01M £2.15M–£3.87M	—	—	146	46y	94	70y
JAMES STRANG LIMITED→ SC100720 · est 1986	£479.5k £342.5k–£616.5k	—	—	53	39y	88	64y
CONCEPT INSTALLATIONS ALLOA LTD→ SC719515 · est 2022	£48.5k £34.6k–£62.3k	£89.0k	—	100	4y	84	46y
SCA CARPENTRY & BUILDING SERVICES LTD→ SC771129 · est 2023	£35.3k £25.2k–£45.4k	£126.2k	—	200	3y	84	33y
CENTRAL DEMOLITION LIMITED→ SC172244 · est 1997	—	—	£8.08M	—	29y	83	60y
FES LIMITED→ SC053848 · est 1973 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	52y	83	84y
GBSS CIVIL ENGINEERING LTD→ SC357477 · est 2009	—	—	—	29	17y	83	59y
IMAGING SUPPLIES LIMITED→ SC176285 · est 1997	—	—	—	5	29y	83	58y
MCG RAIL LIMITED→ SC356959 · est 2009	—	—	—	300	17y	83	58y
R. LINDSAY AND COMPANY (CONTRACTORS) LIMITED→ SC063657 · est 1977	—	—	—	28	48y	83	59y
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7 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

Incorporated2015-11-03

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC43320 — Joinery installation

Registered office

Craighead Farm

Braco

Dunblane

Central

FK15 9LP

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-17

Last: 2025-11-03

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

KEIR, Lewis→

director · ~40y · appointed 2015-11-03

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Active

KEIR, Ian→

director · ~71y · appointed 2015-11-03 · resigned 2021-09-23

Resigned

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Recent filings (27 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-03-27

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-11-03

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-09-12

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-11-08

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2024-09-26

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-11-03

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2023-09-27

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-11-07

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2022-09-28

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-11-08

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2021-09-24

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2021-09-24

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2021-09-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2021-08-25

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-11-04