KMIE LTD

🌿Early-stageactive

SC809989 · ltd · incorporated 2024-05-09

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.

Why now

Window closing · high confidence

Getting harder to buy — profile has hardened into "growth story" recently.

· Lifecycle stage: startup → early
· Investment thesis: unclassified → growth_story
· Bankability: 65 → 70

What changed my view

Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

·Lifecycle stage: startup → early
·Investment thesis: unclassified → growth_story
↑Bankability: 65 → 70

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

£22

book net assets

Opportunity

71/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Event catering activities

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

3 filings

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

71/100Strong

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £22

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£22

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-05-31
Total assets	£22
Net assets	£22

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (5 events)Click to expand

2026-02-05
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-09
🏢
Company incorporated
As KMIE LTD
2024-05-09
➕
KIDD, Grant Ian appointed
director
2024-05-09
➕
MYLES, Natasha Joyce appointed
director
2024-05-09
📄
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100

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.
+Young company: Only 2.1 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ms Natasha Joyce Myles Individual · British · DOB 10/1987 · age 39	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	09/05/2024
Mr Grant Ian Kidd Individual · British · DOB 06/1992 · age 34	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	09/05/2024

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

Incorporated2024-05-09

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC56210 — Event catering activities

Registered office

13 Arkland

Inveraray

PA32 8UD

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-22

Last: 2026-05-08

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

KIDD, Grant Ian→

director · ~34y · appointed 2024-05-09

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Active

MYLES, Natasha Joyce→

director · ~39y · appointed 2024-05-09

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Active

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Recent filings (3 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-02-05

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-05-19

incorporation-company

incorporation · NEWINC

2024-05-09