KILGOUR DEVELOPMENTS LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
SC561320 · ltd · incorporated 2017-03-23
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Development of building projects
Sector: Construction
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 72/100 (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 (58/100).
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
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
19 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 0 | 0 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-13📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-10-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-03-23🏢Company incorporatedAs KILGOUR DEVELOPMENTS LTD
- 2017-03-23➕RITCHIE, Hazel Anne appointeddirector
- 2017-03-23➕RITCHIE, James Kilgour appointeddirector
- 2017-03-23📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
71/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo 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 |
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Mr James Kilgour Ritchie Individual · British · DOB 05/1972 · age 54 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 23/03/2017 |
Mrs Hazel Anne Ritchie Individual · British · DOB 07/1972 · age 54 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 23/03/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCNICOL PLUMBING & HEATING SERVICES LTD→ SC771152 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| ORCHIL CONSULTING LIMITED→ SC446574 · est 2013 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 13y | — | — |
| PMM DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED→ SC410165 · est 2011 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 14y | — | — |
| PORTBANE LTD→ SC764934 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| POTTER PLUMBING AND HEATING (G.B.) LIMITED→ SC074463 · est 1981 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 45y | — | — |
| R BROWN CONSULTANCY LTD→ SC683339 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| RDFENCING LTD.→ SC556958 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| REFRESHING CONSTRUCTION LTD→ SC877748 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| RN JOINERY (PERTH) LTD→ SC802680 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| ROBERT TAYLOR (PLUMBING) LIMITED→ SC348621 · est 2008 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 17y | — | — |
| ROBERT WRIGHT PLANT & CIVILS LTD→ SC604317 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| ROBERTSON AND MCRAE PAINTING AND DECORATING LTD→ SC584453 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2017-03-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects
Registered office
Mains Of Huntingtower Farm
East Huntingtower
Perth
PH1 3JJ
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-05
Last: 2026-03-22
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
RITCHIE, Hazel Anne→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2017-03-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
RITCHIE, James Kilgour→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2017-03-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (19 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-22