KAB IT CONSULTING LTD

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SC853236 · ltd · incorporated 2025-06-23
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Oct 2025
Net worth
£17.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. 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 (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
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
4 filings
60
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 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £17,212

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£17k
Current Assets
£24k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-10-31
Total assets£17.2k
Current assets£23.6k
Net assets£17.2k

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 2 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (6 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-19
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2025-09-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2025-06-23
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As KAB IT CONSULTING LTD
  5. 2025-06-23
    BLAIN, Katharine appointed
    director
  6. 2025-06-23
    📄
    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 0.8 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
Ms Katharine Blain
Individual · British · DOB 04/1969 · age 57
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control23/06/2025

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
Incorporated2025-06-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC71122 — Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities

Registered office

6 Kintrae Rise
Elgin
IV30 5ND
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-06
Last:

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

BLAIN, Katharine
director · ~57y · appointed 2025-06-23
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Recent filings (4 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-26
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-11-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-23
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-06-23