KARE GARDENS LTD.

💤Zombieactive

SC255138 · ltd · incorporated 2003-09-02

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No material changes in the last 90 days.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Landscape service activities

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). 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 (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 16.6y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 16.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

56 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

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30	2023-09-30
Average employees	1	200	200

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2026-06-10
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2025-05-30
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2024-06-27
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2023-06-23
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2022-09-07
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-06-21
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accounts · AA
2021-06-17
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accounts · AA
2020-04-20
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2019-04-09
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2018-06-04
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2017-06-30
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2016-06-22
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accounts · AA
2015-09-17
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2015-02-13
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accounts · AA
2014-09-12
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2009-12-30
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2009-03-22
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HUTTON, Juliet resigned
secretary
2003-09-02
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Company incorporated
As KARE GARDENS LTD.
2003-09-02
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HUTTON, Donald William, Mr. appointed
director
2003-09-02
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HUTTON, Juliet appointed
secretary
2003-09-02
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PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-09-02
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PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-09-02
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PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
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2003-09-02
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PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
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2003-09-02
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PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2003-09-02
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PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100

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 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr. Donald William Hutton Individual · British · DOB 07/1962 · age 64	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2003-09-02

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC81300 — Landscape service activities

Registered office

57/59 High Street

Dunblane

Perthshire

FK15 0EE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-16

Last: 2025-09-02

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

HUTTON, Donald William, Mr.→

director · ~64y · appointed 2003-09-02

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

HUTTON, Juliet→

secretary · appointed 2003-09-02 · resigned 2009-03-22

Resigned

PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-09-02 · resigned 2003-09-02

Resigned

PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-09-02 · resigned 2003-09-02

Resigned

PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-09-02 · resigned 2003-09-02

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Floating charge	1 property	30/12/2009	—

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Recent filings (56 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-06-10

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-09-04

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-05-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-09-12

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-06-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-09-08

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-06-23

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-09-07

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2022-09-07

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-06-21

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-09-08

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-06-17

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-09-07

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2020-04-20

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2019-09-13