KRATOS INVESTMENTS (UK) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC539392 · ltd · incorporated 2016-07-04

Investment thesis

Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.

Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.

Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.

Why now

Window closing · medium confidence

Getting harder to buy cheaply — 1 signals strengthening over the last 30 days.

· Lifecycle stage: established → mature

What changed my view

Last 30 days

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

↑Lifecycle stage: established → mature

Last 90 days

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

Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jul 2025

Net worth

£320.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Sector: Real estate

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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 (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

26 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £320,502

Cash YoY

+162%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£31k

↑ 162% YoY

Net Worth

£321k

↑ 61% YoY

Current Assets

£31k

↑ 162% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Total assets	£2.01M	£1.82M
Current assets	£31.0k	£11.8k
Cash	£31.0k	£11.8k
Net assets	£320.5k	£199.2k

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 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand

2025-11-06
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2025-03-12
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accounts · AA
2023-11-29
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accounts · AA
2023-01-11
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accounts · AA
2021-12-19
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accounts · AA
2020-11-16
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accounts · AA
2019-11-12
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accounts · AA
2019-05-24
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accounts · AAMD
2019-04-16
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accounts · AA
2018-05-02
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2018-05-02
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2017-10-18
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accounts · AA
2017-06-14
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officers · AP01
2016-07-26
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CASTREE, Stephen Mark appointed
director
2016-07-07
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address · AD01
2016-07-04
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Company incorporated
As KRATOS INVESTMENTS (UK) LIMITED
2016-07-04
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STEER, Glen Laurence appointed
director

Owner dependency

71/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
+No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

51/100

Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
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

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Glen Laurence Steer Individual · British · DOB 03/1966 · age 60	75–100%	75–100%	board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence	04/07/2016
Mr Stephen Mark Castree Individual · British · DOB 01/1972 · age 54	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence · firm interest	04/07/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Kratos Investments (Bermuda) Ltd.ceased 02/05/2018· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting

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

Incorporated2016-07-04

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

62 New Wynd

Montrose

Angus

DD10 8RF

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-27

Last: 2026-05-13

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

CASTREE, Stephen Mark→

director · ~54y · appointed 2016-07-26

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Active

STEER, Glen Laurence→

director · ~60y · appointed 2016-07-04

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