KATTRAK INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC265073 · ltd · incorporated 2004-03-17
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 21.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45190
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 77320Renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). 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 21.4y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 21.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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, 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
66 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
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£228k£457k£685k£914k£1.1mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets—£2.15M
Current assets—£1.14M
Cash—£131.6k
Debtors—£233.9k
Net assets—£1.07M
Average employees6—

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-24
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  2. 2025-03-07
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  3. 2024-05-23
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    mortgage · MR01
  4. 2024-05-21
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  5. 2024-04-11
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    mortgage · MR04
  6. 2024-04-11
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    Charge satisfied #1
  7. 2024-01-31
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-09-15
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  9. 2021-12-14
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  10. 2020-12-10
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-10-22
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-04-30
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  13. 2019-04-30
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  14. 2019-04-29
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    address · AD01
  15. 2019-04-29
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    address · AD01
  16. 2019-01-25
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  17. 2018-12-28
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-07-26
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    MCLAUGHLIN, Gareth appointed
    director
  19. 2018-07-26
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    officers · AP01
  20. 2010-03-17
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    INDEPENDENT REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2007-04-26
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    INDEPENDENT REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2007-04-26
    ➖
    WWW.FIRSTREGISTRARS.CO.UK LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2004-12-13
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  24. 2004-06-30
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    MCLAUGHLIN, Isobel appointed
    director
  25. 2004-03-17
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    Company incorporated
    As KATTRAK INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
  26. 2004-03-17
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    MCLAUGHLIN, Peter appointed
    director
  27. 2004-03-17
    ➕
    WWW.FIRSTREGISTRARS.CO.UK LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary

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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Peter Mclaughlin
Individual · British · DOB 04/1950 · age 76
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Isobel Mclaughlinceased 18/03/2019· significant influence

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
Incorporated2004-03-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45190 — SIC 45190

Registered office

Ardoch Farm
Old Glasgow Road
Kilwinning
Ayrshire
KA13 7QJ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last: 2026-03-17

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MCLAUGHLIN, Gareth→
director · ~44y · appointed 2018-07-26
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Active
MCLAUGHLIN, Isobel→
director · ~78y · appointed 2004-06-30
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Active
MCLAUGHLIN, Peter→
director · ~76y · appointed 2004-03-17
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Active
INDEPENDENT REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-04-26 · resigned 2010-03-17
Resigned
WWW.FIRSTREGISTRARS.CO.UK LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-03-17 · resigned 2007-04-26
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—21/05/2024—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property13/12/200411/04/2024
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Recent filings (66 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-06
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accounts · AA
2026-03-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-07
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mortgage · MR01
2024-05-23
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mortgage · MR04
2024-04-11
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-03
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accounts · AA
2024-01-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-16
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accounts · AA
2022-09-15
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-21
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accounts · AA
2021-12-14
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-10
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-04