KNOCKLEITH CONSULTANCY SERVICES LTD.
🏛️Establishedactive
SC579529 · ltd · incorporated 2017-10-20
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 8.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. 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 (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 8.5y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 8.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
38 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
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
100
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 |
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| Average employees | 2 | 200 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-15📄appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP04
- 2024-11-14➕ABERDEIN CONSIDINE SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2024-08-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-08📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2023-11-02📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-11-02📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2023-11-01✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2023-02-02📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-02-02📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-02-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-01-25📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2023-01-24📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2023-01-24📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-01-23➕FRASER, Paula Jan appointeddirector
- 2023-01-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-01-23📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-11-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-20📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-05-20✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2022-05-20📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-05-20📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-04-28➖DOUGARY, Iain Jonathan resigneddirector
- 2017-12-28🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2017-11-29🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2017-10-20🏢Company incorporatedAs KNOCKLEITH CONSULTANCY SERVICES LTD.
- 2017-10-20➕FRASER, Colin Lewis Robertson appointedsecretary
- 2017-10-20➕FRASER, Colin Lewis Robertson appointeddirector
- 2017-10-20➕DOUGARY, Iain Jonathan appointeddirector
Owner dependency
74/100
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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- 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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Mrs Paula Jan Fraser Individual · British · DOB 08/1968 · age 58 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 23/01/2023 |
Mr Colin Lewis Robertson Fraser Individual · British · DOB 09/1963 · age 63 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 20/10/2017 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Iain Jonathan Dougaryceased 28/04/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2017-10-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices
Registered office
Gardeners Cottage Knockleith
Auchterless
Turriff
AB53 8BH
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-06
Last: 2025-10-23
Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)
FRASER, Colin Lewis Robertson→
Activesecretary · appointed 2017-10-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ABERDEIN CONSIDINE SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
Activecorporate-secretary · appointed 2024-11-14
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FRASER, Colin Lewis Robertson→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2017-10-20
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FRASER, Paula Jan→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2023-01-23
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DOUGARY, Iain Jonathan→
Resigneddirector · ~43y · appointed 2017-10-20 · resigned 2022-04-28
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 28/12/2017 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 29/11/2017 | — |
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Recent filings (38 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-01
appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP04
2024-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2023-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-03
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-11-02
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-11-02
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2023-11-01
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-02-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-02-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-02-02
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2023-01-25