KMAC (SCOTLAND) LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC702303 · ltd · incorporated 2021-06-22
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£10.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Public houses and bars
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
9 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
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 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £9,987
Cash YoY
+181%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£35k
↑ 181% YoY
Net Worth
£10k
↑ 186% YoY
Current Assets
£39k
↑ 120% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£12k-£1k£9k£19k£29k£39kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£10.0k£-11.6k
Current assets£39.5k£17.9k
Cash£34.9k£12.4k
Debtors£930
Net assets£10.0k£-11.6k

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.

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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 (8 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-02
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-05
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-01-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-06-22
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As KMAC (SCOTLAND) LTD
  6. 2021-06-22
    CAMPBELL, Keith appointed
    director
  7. 2021-06-22
    MACDONALD, Glynn appointed
    director
  8. 2021-06-22
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

73/100
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 66 — succession pressure is live.

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 66. 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Keith Campbell
Individual · British · DOB 04/1968 · age 58
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control22/06/2021
Mr Glynn Macdonald
Individual · British · DOB 10/1960 · age 66
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control22/06/2021

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
Incorporated2021-06-22
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56302 — Public houses and bars

Registered office

17 Wellgate Street
Larkhall
Lanarkshire
ML9 2AG
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-05
Last: 2025-06-21

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

CAMPBELL, Keith
director · ~58y · appointed 2021-06-22
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Active
MACDONALD, Glynn
director · ~66y · appointed 2021-06-22
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Active

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Recent filings (9 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-27
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-06-22