KEVOCK GARDEN PLANTS LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC541515 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2016-08-01
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
—
year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£162.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01300
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
30 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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 £162,452
Cash YoY
-29%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£35k
↓ 29% YoY
Net Worth
£162k
↑ 13% YoY
Current Assets
£191k
↑ 20% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£38k£76k£115k£153k£191kSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£162.5k£143.8k
Current assets£191.0k£158.7k
Cash£35.2k£49.6k
Debtors£26.3k£11.8k
Net assets£162.5k£143.8k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-06
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-08-06
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-08-06
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    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-08-06
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  6. 2025-06-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-05-09
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-06-08
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-05-03
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-06-03
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-06-29
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  12. 2019-03-29
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-03-26
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-10-30
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  15. 2017-10-30
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  16. 2017-10-30
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    change-of-constitution · CC04
  17. 2017-08-16
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    accounts · AA01
  18. 2016-08-01
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    Company incorporated
    As KEVOCK GARDEN PLANTS LIMITED
  19. 2016-08-01
    ➕
    STRANG, Eleanor Ann appointed
    director
  20. 2016-08-01
    ➕
    STRANG, William Frank Gourlay appointed
    director

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 66 — 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

56/100
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.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr William Frank Strang
Individual · British · DOB 06/1961 · age 65
—25–50%25-50% voting01/08/2016
Mrs Eleanor Ann Strang
Individual · British · DOB 11/1960 · age 66
—25–50%25-50% voting01/08/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2016-08-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01300 — SIC 01300

Registered office

Kevock Garden Plants
Kevock Road
Lasswade
EH18 1HX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-14
Last: 2025-07-31

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

STRANG, Eleanor Ann→
director · ~66y · appointed 2016-08-01
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Active
STRANG, William Frank Gourlay→
director · ~65y · appointed 2016-08-01
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Active

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Recent filings (30 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-08-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-08-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-03