KENSEL SMITH LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
SC618665 · ltd · incorporated 2019-01-21
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
£188.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 09100
Sector: Mining & quarrying
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 77/100 (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 (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
28 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 · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £188,301
Net assets shrinking
Down £36,607 YoY
Cash YoY
-2%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£4k
↓ 2.1% YoY
Net Worth
£188k
↓ 16% YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-11-30 | 2023-11-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash | £4.1k | £4.2k |
| Net assets | £188.3k | £224.9k |
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.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-26📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-08-26📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-05-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-29📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2022-08-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-03📄second-filing-capital-allotment-sharescapital · RP04SH01
- 2020-11-17📄second-filing-capital-allotment-sharescapital · RP04SH01
- 2020-11-16📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2020-11-06📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2020-11-06📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2020-11-06📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2020-11-06📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2020-11-06📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2020-11-05📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2020-11-05📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2020-08-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-21🏢Company incorporatedAs KENSEL SMITH LIMITED
- 2019-01-21➕ADDLESHAW GODDARD (SCOTLAND) SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2019-01-21➕MCCALLUM, James Gibson appointeddirector
- 2019-01-21➕WILLIAMSON, Ian Buchanan appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
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 66. 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.)
Group structure
Aghoco 5015 Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.
🏛️significant stake
Aghoco 5015 Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
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KENSEL SMITH LIMITED
This company · SC618665
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Khashayar Salimi Rafiee Individual · Mexican · DOB 05/1976 · age 50 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 30/11/2024 |
Aghoco 5015 Limited Corporate entity | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 07/09/2020 |
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Adil Mohamed Sharif Al Bakriceased 30/11/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- James Gibson Mccallumceased 07/09/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Ian Buchanan Williamsonceased 07/09/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
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.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2019-01-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC09100 — SIC 09100
Registered office
Exchange Tower, 19 Canning Street
Edinburgh
EH3 8EH
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-09
Last: 2025-08-26
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
ADDLESHAW GODDARD (SCOTLAND) SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
Activecorporate-secretary · appointed 2019-01-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCCALLUM, James Gibson→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2019-01-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WILLIAMSON, Ian Buchanan→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2019-01-21
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Recent filings (28 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-26
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-08-26
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-08-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-02
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2022-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-17
second-filing-capital-allotment-shares
capital · RP04SH01
2020-12-03