KTM SAFETY LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC544536 · ltd · incorporated 2016-09-05
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 Sept 2024
Net worth
£-25.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 67). 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
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
29 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £25,659

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£26k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£10k
↑ 21% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£26k-£19k-£11k-£4k£3k£10kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£-17.7k£-12.7k
Current assets£10.1k£8.3k
Net assets£-25.7k£-25.5k

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 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 address
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-10-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2022-06-30
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  7. 2022-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-04-01
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    dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
    dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
  9. 2022-03-22
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  10. 2021-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-06-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-01-06
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  15. 2018-01-04
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2018-01-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2016-09-05
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As KTM SAFETY LIMITED
  18. 2016-09-05
    ➕
    MACKINNON, Keith appointed
    director
  19. 2016-09-05
    ➕
    SUTHERLAND, Sandra Mary appointed
    director

Owner dependency

78/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +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 67. 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Keith Mackinnon
Individual · British · DOB 06/1978 · age 48
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control05/09/2016

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
Incorporated2016-09-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

9 Rowan Court
Cambuslang
Glasgow
G72 7FX
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-18
Last: 2026-01-04

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MACKINNON, Keith→
director · ~48y · appointed 2016-09-05
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Active
SUTHERLAND, Sandra Mary→
director · ~67y · appointed 2016-09-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Recent filings (29 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-03-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-10-10
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-29
dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2022-04-01
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-30