KITTOCHSIDE CATTERY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC321328 · ltd · incorporated 2007-04-17
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£354.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (62/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
57 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £354,535
Cash YoY
+16%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£397k
↑ 16% YoY
Net Worth
£355k
↑ 17% YoY
Current Assets
£397k
↑ 16% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£79k£159k£238k£317k£397kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£354.6k£303.5k
Current assets£396.8k£341.8k
Cash£396.8k£341.8k
Net assets£354.5k£303.3k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-30
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    replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
    officers · RP01AP01
  2. 2025-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-11-30
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2023-11-30
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2022-12-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-12-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-12-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-12-16
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2020-12-01
    ➕
    MCCAFFER, Catherine appointed
    director
  12. 2019-12-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-12-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-01-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-11-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2007-04-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As KITTOCHSIDE CATTERY LIMITED
  17. 2007-04-17
    ➕
    MCCAFFER, Catherine appointed
    secretary
  18. 2007-04-17
    ➕
    MCCAFFER, Joseph appointed
    director
  19. 2007-04-17
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2007-04-17
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2007-04-17
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-director
  22. 2007-04-17
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Joseph Mccaffer
Individual · British · DOB 12/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting17/04/2017
,Mrs Catherine Mccaffer
Individual · British · DOB 01/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting17/04/2017

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
Incorporated2007-04-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

East Kittochside Farm Carmunnock Rd
Carmunnock
Glasgow
G76 9LT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-12
Last: 2026-04-28

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MCCAFFER, Catherine→
secretary · appointed 2007-04-17
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Active
MCCAFFER, Catherine→
director · ~62y · appointed 2020-12-01
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Active
MCCAFFER, Joseph→
director · ~64y · appointed 2007-04-17
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Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-04-17 · resigned 2007-04-17
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-director · appointed 2007-04-17 · resigned 2007-04-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (57 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-01
replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP01AP01
2026-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-11-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-12-30