KM ST. ANDREWS LTD
🌿Early-stageactive
SC717781 · ltd · incorporated 2021-12-16
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 4.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£544.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
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).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · oldest 4.1y
75/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Charge age ~4.1 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
12 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
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £544,161
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£575k
Net Worth
£544k
↑ 78% YoY
Current Assets
£586k
↑ 29% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.33M | £1.20M |
| Current assets | £586.1k | £453.8k |
| Cash | £575.3k | — |
| Debtors | £7.5k | — |
| Net assets | £544.2k | £305.3k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-09📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2022-06-09🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2022-05-31📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-05-20🔒Charge registered #3Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2022-05-17📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-05-12🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2022-04-25📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-04-22🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2021-12-16🏢Company incorporatedAs KM ST. ANDREWS LTD
- 2021-12-16➕MCLEAN, Kanlaya appointeddirector
- 2021-12-16➕MCLEAN, Steven Angus appointeddirector
- 2021-12-16📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
66/100
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Kanlaya Mclean Individual · Thai,British · DOB 10/1978 · age 48 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 16/12/2021 |
Mr Steven Angus Mclean Individual · British · DOB 07/1982 · age 44 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 16/12/2021 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 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
Incorporated2021-12-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants
Registered office
Cairnfield 14 School Road
Balmullo
St. Andrews
Fife
KY16 0BD
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-29
Last: 2025-12-15
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
MCLEAN, Kanlaya→
Activedirector · ~48y · appointed 2021-12-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCLEAN, Steven Angus→
Activedirector · ~44y · appointed 2021-12-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 2 properties | 20/05/2022 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 2 properties | 12/05/2022 | 09/06/2022 | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 22/04/2022 | — |
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Recent filings (12 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-15
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-06-09
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-05-31
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-05-17
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-04-25
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-12-16