A. KING CONTRACTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC194325 · ltd · incorporated 1999-03-15

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 21.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Mar 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 21.9y

50/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 21.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

68 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	9	1000

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

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3 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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2025-12-23
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accounts · AA
2024-12-22
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accounts · AA
2023-12-19
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accounts · AA
2022-11-15
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accounts · AA
2021-11-29
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accounts · AA
2020-11-16
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accounts · AA
2019-12-12
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accounts · AA
2018-12-07
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accounts · AA
2018-03-23
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accounts · AA
2017-12-21
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accounts · AA01
2017-07-14
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mortgage · MR01
2017-07-11
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2017-03-28
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officers · AP01
2017-03-28
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officers · AP01
2017-03-24
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capital · SH01
2017-01-31
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KING, Anna Louise appointed
director
2017-01-31
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KING, Robert Andrew appointed
director
2016-10-12
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accounts · AA
2004-06-10
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Robert Ewing and Another
1999-03-15
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Company incorporated
As A. KING CONTRACTS LIMITED
1999-03-15
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KING, Tina Edith appointed
secretary
1999-03-15
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KING, Andrew appointed
director
1999-03-15
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KING, Tina Edith appointed
director
1999-03-15
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COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
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1999-03-15
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COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
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1999-03-15
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COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
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1999-03-15
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COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
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1999-03-15
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COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
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1999-03-15
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COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

88/100

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

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "KING" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Andrew King Individual · British · DOB 02/1959 · age 67	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mrs Tina Edith King Individual · Scottish · DOB 01/1966 · age 60	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1999-03-15

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC42990 — Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.

Registered office

Bridge House

Naemoor Road, Crook Of Devon

Kinross

Fife

KY13 0UH

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-30

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-29

Last: 2026-03-15

Officers (5 active · 3 resigned)

KING, Tina Edith→

secretary · appointed 1999-03-15

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Active

KING, Andrew→

director · ~67y · appointed 1999-03-15

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Active

KING, Anna Louise→

director · ~29y · appointed 2017-01-31

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Active

KING, Robert Andrew→

director · ~32y · appointed 2017-01-31

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Active

KING, Tina Edith→

director · ~60y · appointed 1999-03-15

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Active

COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-03-15 · resigned 1999-03-15

Resigned

COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-03-15 · resigned 1999-03-15

Resigned

COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-03-15 · resigned 1999-03-15

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC	A registered charge	—	11/07/2017	—
	outstanding	Robert Ewing and Another	Standard security	1 property	10/06/2004	—

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