KERRTECH AUTOMOTIVE LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC728927 · ltd · incorporated 2022-04-07
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£5.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
62/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed automotive with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 62/100 (worth a look), bankability 60/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
9 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
62/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £5,092

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£57k
Net Worth
£5k
Current Assets
£63k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-30
Total assets£5.1k
Current assets£62.9k
Cash£56.7k
Debtors£6.2k
Net assets£5.1k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2023-07-04
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2022-04-07
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As KERRTECH AUTOMOTIVE LTD
  7. 2022-04-07
    BAIN, Craig appointed
    director
  8. 2022-04-07
    KERR, Steven appointed
    director
  9. 2022-04-07
    📄
    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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "KERR" — strong identity link between founder and business.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited 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

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-04-20

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Steven Kerr
Individual · British · DOB 09/1987 · age 39
5075%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control07/04/2022
Mr Craig Bain
Individual · British · DOB 01/1987 · age 39
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting16/06/2023

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
Incorporated2022-04-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

Limetree Garage
Glasgow Road
Hamilton
ML3 0RA
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-04-20OVERDUE
Last: 2025-04-06

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BAIN, Craig
director · ~39y · appointed 2022-04-07
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Active
KERR, Steven
director · ~39y · appointed 2022-04-07
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Active

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Recent filings (9 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-07-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-07-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-25
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-04-07