KT CONSULTING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC230443 · ltd · incorporated 2002-04-17

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

65 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2025-10-07
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2025-01-25
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2023-10-08
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accounts · AA
2023-01-15
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accounts · AA
2022-01-31
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accounts · AA
2021-01-31
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accounts · AA
2020-04-21
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address · AD01
2020-01-31
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accounts · AA
2019-05-17
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officers · CH01
2019-05-17
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officers · CH01
2019-05-17
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officers · CH03
2019-05-17
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-01-31
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accounts · AA
2018-11-09
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address · AD01
2018-01-28
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accounts · AA
2002-05-16
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TREE, Kim Lesley appointed
secretary
2002-05-16
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TREE, Kenneth resigned
secretary
2002-04-24
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TREE, Kenneth appointed
director
2002-04-24
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TREE, Kim Lesley appointed
director
2002-04-24
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TREE, Kenneth appointed
secretary
2002-04-24
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CLP SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2002-04-24
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MMA NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2002-04-17
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Company incorporated
As KT CONSULTING LIMITED
2002-04-17
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CLP SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2002-04-17
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MMA NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director

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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100

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 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Ken Tree Individual · British · DOB 08/1958 · age 68	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/01/2017

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

Incorporated2002-04-17

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

26 Castle Drive

Auchterarder

Perthshire

PH3 1FU

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-08

Last: 2026-03-25

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

TREE, Kim Lesley→

secretary · appointed 2002-05-16

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Active

TREE, Kenneth→

director · ~68y · appointed 2002-04-24

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Active

TREE, Kim Lesley→

director · ~64y · appointed 2002-04-24

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Active

TREE, Kenneth→

secretary · appointed 2002-04-24 · resigned 2002-05-16

Resigned

CLP SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2002-04-17 · resigned 2002-04-24

Resigned

MMA NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-04-17 · resigned 2002-04-24

Resigned

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