KSF III GP LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC672712 · ltd · incorporated 2020-09-01
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
£2.59M
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of venture and development capital companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
18 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-31
Turnover£2.59M
Gross profit£2.59M
Average employees0

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-01-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-01-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2024-01-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  7. 2023-10-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-07-19
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  9. 2023-07-19
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  10. 2023-07-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2022-07-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-09-08
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  13. 2020-09-01
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    Company incorporated
    As KSF III GP LIMITED
  14. 2020-09-01
    STENBAEK, Claus Henrik appointed
    director
  15. 2020-09-01
    VAN DEN BLINK, Sarah Emelia appointed
    director
  16. 2020-09-01
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 6 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 65. 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.)

Group structure

Keyhaven Capital Partners Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Keyhaven Capital Partners Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
KSF III GP LIMITED
This company · SC672712

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Keyhaven Capital Partners Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control01/09/2020
Ms Sarah Emelia Van Den Blink
Individual · Dutch · DOB 05/1968 · age 58
sig. influencesignificant influence01/09/2020
Mr Claus Henrik Stenbaek
Individual · Danish · DOB 06/1961 · age 65
sig. influencesignificant influence01/09/2020

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
Incorporated2020-09-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64303 — Activities of venture and development capital companies

Registered office

50 Lothian Road
Festival Square
Edinburgh
EH3 9WJ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-19
Last: 2025-08-05

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

STENBAEK, Claus Henrik
director · ~65y · appointed 2020-09-01
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Active
VAN DEN BLINK, Sarah Emelia
director · ~58y · appointed 2020-09-01
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Active

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Recent filings (18 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-01-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-01-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-01-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-02
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-07-19
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-07-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-07-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-07-04