KINGSLEY PARK RACING LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC470410 · ltd · incorporated 2014-02-19
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Feb 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Dormant / non-trading with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
24 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Feb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-02-282024-02-28

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-29
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-27
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  4. 2022-10-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-11-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-01-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-11-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2017-11-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2016-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-02-21
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  12. 2015-10-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-03-29
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2014-02-19
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As KINGSLEY PARK RACING LTD
  15. 2014-02-19
    JOHNSTON, Deirdre Munro appointed
    director
  16. 2014-02-19
    JOHNSTON, Mark Steven appointed
    director
  17. 2014-02-19
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

86/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. 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 12 years.
  • 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
Mrs Deirdre Munro Johnston
Individual · British · DOB 10/1962 · age 64
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr Mark Steven Johnston
Individual · British · DOB 10/1959 · age 67
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2014-02-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

29 Brandon Street
Hamilton
South Lanarkshire
ML3 6DA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-05
Last: 2026-02-19

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

JOHNSTON, Deirdre Munro
director · ~64y · appointed 2014-02-19
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Active
JOHNSTON, Mark Steven
director · ~67y · appointed 2014-02-19
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Recent filings (24 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-09-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-11-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-01-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-03-18