KINETIC EDGE HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC771106 · ltd · incorporated 2023-05-31
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
£9.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
9 filings
60
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.

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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 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £8,972

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£9k
↑ 1400% YoY
Current Assets
£1k
↑ 71% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£2k£4k£5k£7k£9kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£1.0k£598
Current assets£1.0k£598
Net assets£9.0k£598

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 1 incorporation
  • 1 resolution
  • 1 capital
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-13
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  2. 2026-01-13
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  3. 2026-01-13
    📄
    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  4. 2025-05-07
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-07-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-01-09
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2023-05-31
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As KINETIC EDGE HOLDINGS LIMITED
  8. 2023-05-31
    SMITH, David Robert appointed
    director
  9. 2023-05-31
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Young company: Only 3.0 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
David Robert Smith
Individual · Scottish · DOB 04/1991 · age 35
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control31/05/2023

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
Incorporated2023-05-31
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

8 Weavers Loan
Aberlady
Longniddry
EH32 0FE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-26
Last: 2025-05-12

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

SMITH, David Robert
director · ~35y · appointed 2023-05-31
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Recent filings (9 total)

memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2026-01-13
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-01-13
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-23
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-01-09
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-05-31