THE KELVIN CONSULTANTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC101776 · ltd · incorporated 1986-11-10
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 37.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£1.11M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
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Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 37.4y

70/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 37.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
11 officers (3 active, 11 linked, 9 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 6 total, 6 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
139 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,105,347

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£1.1m
↑ 1.7% YoY
Current Assets
£520k
↑ 32% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£221k£442k£663k£884k£1.1mDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£1.11M£1.09M
Current assets£519.7k£392.9k
Net assets£1.11M£1.09M

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
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Corporate timeline (39 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-01
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  2. 2025-09-25
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  3. 2024-12-23
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  4. 2024-09-30
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  5. 2023-12-20
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  6. 2023-09-28
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  7. 2023-01-27
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    MCCONNELL, Brian George resigned
    director
  8. 2023-01-27
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2022-12-14
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  10. 2022-12-14
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  11. 2022-12-13
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  12. 2022-12-13
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  13. 2022-12-13
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  14. 2022-09-29
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  15. 2022-03-28
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  16. 2022-03-28
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  17. 2022-03-22
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  18. 2022-03-22
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  19. 2021-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  20. 2021-06-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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  21. 2021-06-24
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  22. 2017-03-14
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Irvine Bay Developments Limited
  23. 2014-07-01
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    Charge satisfied #1
  24. 2012-06-25
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    MCCONNELL, Brian George appointed
    director
  25. 2003-11-17
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    BYWATER, Michael resigned
    director
  26. 2003-11-17
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    HEWLETT, Christopher Everard Lempriere resigned
    director
  27. 2002-10-18
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    BYWATER, Michael appointed
    director
  28. 2002-09-09
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    HEWLETT, Christopher Everard Lempriere appointed
    director
  29. 1999-07-27
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    PEARSON, John David Martin, Dr resigned
    director
  30. 1999-03-01
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    RAMSAY, Lorna Mary Stephen appointed
    secretary
  31. 1999-03-01
    ➕
    RAMSAY, Lorna Mary Stephen appointed
    director
  32. 1999-02-28
    ➖
    COBBAN, Marion Mcarthur resigned
    secretary
  33. 1999-02-28
    ➖
    COBBAN, Marion Mcarthur resigned
    director
  34. 1997-10-03
    ➕
    PEARSON, John David Martin, Dr appointed
    director
  35. 1993-11-30
    ➖
    DALGETY, Ross resigned
    director
  36. 1992-09-18
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    MCCONNELL, Brian George resigned
    director
  37. 1992-01-01
    ➕
    MCCONNELL, Brian George appointed
    director
  38. 1989-01-12
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  39. 1986-11-10
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    Company incorporated
    As THE KELVIN CONSULTANTS LIMITED

Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 40 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Dalginross 1 Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Dalginross 1 Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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THE KELVIN CONSULTANTS LIMITED
This company · SC101776

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Dalginross 1 Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control08/12/2022
5 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Dalginross Holdings Limitedceased 08/12/2022· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
  • Mr David Ramsayceased 22/11/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mrs Lorna Mary Stephen Ramsayceased 22/11/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Lorna Mary Stephen Ramsayceased 22/03/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr David Kenneth Ramsayceased 22/03/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1986-11-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Linden Bank, The Paddock Dalginross
Comrie
Crieff
Perthshire
PH6 2ED

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-29
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-28
Last: 2025-06-14

Officers (3 active · 8 resigned)

RAMSAY, Lorna Mary Stephen→
secretary · appointed 1999-03-01
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Active
RAMSAY, David Kenneth→
director · ~80y
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Active
RAMSAY, Lorna Mary Stephen→
director · ~79y · appointed 1999-03-01
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Active
COBBAN, Marion Mcarthur→
secretary · resigned 1999-02-28
Resigned
BYWATER, Michael→
director · ~73y · appointed 2002-10-18 · resigned 2003-11-17
Resigned
COBBAN, Marion Mcarthur→
director · ~77y · resigned 1999-02-28
Resigned
DALGETY, Ross→
director · ~96y · resigned 1993-11-30
Resigned
HEWLETT, Christopher Everard Lempriere→
director · ~67y · appointed 2002-09-09 · resigned 2003-11-17
Resigned
MCCONNELL, Brian George→
director · ~62y · appointed 2012-06-25 · resigned 2023-01-27
Resigned
MCCONNELL, Brian George→
director · ~62y · appointed 1992-01-01 · resigned 1992-09-18
Resigned
PEARSON, John David Martin, Dr→
director · ~80y · appointed 1997-10-03 · resigned 1999-07-27
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Irvine Bay Developments
Irvine Bay Developments Limited
A registered charge1 property14/03/2017—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property12/01/198901/07/2014
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Recent filings (139 total)

replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2025-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-01-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-12-14
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-12-14
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-12-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-12-13
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2022-12-13