KIRKTON ENTERPRISES LTD
🌿Early-stageactive
SC727866 · ltd · incorporated 2022-03-29
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£-3.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 25990
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 33110SIC 33110
- 81210General cleaning of buildings
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 3 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
11 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £2,980
Net assets shrinking
Down £3,004 YoY
Cash YoY
-21%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£838
↓ 21% YoY
Net Worth
-£3k
↓ 12517% YoY
Current Assets
£2k
↑ 52% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-887 | £4.0k |
| Current assets | £2.5k | £1.6k |
| Cash | £838 | £1.1k |
| Debtors | £1.6k | £567 |
| Net assets | £-3.0k | £24 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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 (8 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-10✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2022-03-29🏢Company incorporatedAs KIRKTON ENTERPRISES LTD
- 2022-03-29➕DAVIDSON, Emma appointeddirector
- 2022-03-29➕RITCHIE, John appointeddirector
- 2022-03-29📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr John Ritchie Individual · Scottish · DOB 12/1977 · age 49 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 29/03/2022 |
Miss Emma Davidson Individual · Scottish · DOB 04/1983 · age 43 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 29/03/2022 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2022-03-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC25990 — SIC 25990
Registered office
31 Kirkton Road
Fraserburgh
AB43 9PF
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-04
Last: 2025-10-21
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
DAVIDSON, Emma→
Activedirector · ~43y · appointed 2022-03-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
RITCHIE, John→
Activedirector · ~49y · appointed 2022-03-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (11 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-22
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2022-10-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-28
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-03-29