KIPPEN HOUSE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC196899 · ltd · incorporated 1999-06-07
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 26.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Social work activities without accommodation for the elderly and disabled
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 26.6y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 26.6 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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
69 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£86k£173k£259k£346k£432kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets—£146.4k
Current assets—£432.2k
Cash—£97.1k
Debtors—£335.1k
Net assets—£144.9k
Average employees3800—

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

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Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-22
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  2. 2024-09-05
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  3. 2023-07-25
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  4. 2022-07-30
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  5. 2021-07-31
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  6. 2020-10-28
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  7. 2019-04-03
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  8. 2018-07-30
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  9. 2017-07-31
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  10. 2016-07-31
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  11. 2016-05-30
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  12. 2015-07-24
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  13. 2015-06-29
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  14. 2005-01-14
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  15. 2003-04-01
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    MORGAN, Alan George Houston appointed
    director
  16. 2000-06-07
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    MCLEAN, Arthur John resigned
    director
  17. 1999-09-02
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: All Star Property Development Limited
  18. 1999-06-07
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    Company incorporated
    As KIPPEN HOUSE LIMITED
  19. 1999-06-07
    ➕
    MCLEAN, Susan Mary appointed
    secretary
  20. 1999-06-07
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    MCLEAN, Arthur John appointed
    director
  21. 1999-06-07
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 1999-06-07
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1999-06-07
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    MCLEAN, Arthur John appointed
    director
  24. 1999-06-07
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 1999-06-07
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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 70 — succession pressure is live.

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 70 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 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.)

Group structure

All Star Uk Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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All Star Uk Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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KIPPEN HOUSE LIMITED
This company · SC196899

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
All Star Uk Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares13/10/2016

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
Incorporated1999-06-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC88100 — Social work activities without accommodation for the elderly and disabled

Registered office

12 Rose Terrace
Perth
Perthshire
PH1 5HA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-14
Last: 2025-09-30

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

MCLEAN, Susan Mary→
secretary · appointed 1999-06-07
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Active
MCLEAN, Arthur John→
director · ~70y · appointed 1999-06-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MORGAN, Alan George Houston→
director · ~56y · appointed 2003-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-06-07 · resigned 1999-06-07
Resigned
MCLEAN, Arthur John→
director · ~70y · appointed 1999-06-07 · resigned 2000-06-07
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-06-07 · resigned 1999-06-07
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property14/01/2005—
outstanding
All Star Property Development
All Star Property Development Limited
Floating charge1 property02/09/1999—
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Recent filings (69 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-06
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2025-07-22
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2024-10-14
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2024-09-05
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-02
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accounts · AA
2023-07-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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2022-07-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-04
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2021-07-31
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2020-10-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-09
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-05
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-04-03