KYLESMUIR ASSOCIATES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC527283 · ltd · incorporated 2016-02-18
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£-905
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
23 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
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £905
Net assets shrinking
Down £3,969 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£905
↓ 130% YoY
Current Assets
£37k
↓ 6.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£905£7k£15k£23k£31k£39kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Total assets£-905£3.1k
Current assets£36.7k£39.3k
Net assets£-905£3.1k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-08-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-11-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-11-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-11-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-10-12
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2018-10-01
    ➕
    MCFARLANE, Ruth Hazel appointed
    director
  12. 2017-10-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-02-18
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    Company incorporated
    As KYLESMUIR ASSOCIATES LIMITED
  14. 2016-02-18
    ➕
    MCFARLANE, Iain appointed
    director
  15. 2016-02-18
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

86/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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 Iain Mcfarlane
Individual · British · DOB 10/1960 · age 66
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2016-02-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Kylesmuir Cottage Kylesmuir Cottage, Auchinleck Road, Catrine
Catrine
Catrine
East Ayrshire
KA5 6SL
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-17
Last: 2025-09-03

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MCFARLANE, Iain→
director · ~66y · appointed 2016-02-18
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MCFARLANE, Ruth Hazel→
director · ~68y · appointed 2018-10-01
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Recent filings (23 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-29