C & KW HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC706776 · ltd · incorporated 2021-08-16
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£1.06M
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
10 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
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 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,064,991

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£1.1m
↑ 62% YoY
Current Assets
£1.1m
↑ 62% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£213k£426k£639k£852k£1.1mJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£1.07M£658.9k
Current assets£1.06M£657.0k
Net assets£1.06M£658.3k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-04-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-04-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-03-21
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2021-08-16
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    Company incorporated
    As C & KW HOLDINGS LIMITED
  7. 2021-08-16
    WOODMAN, Clifford Roland appointed
    director
  8. 2021-08-16
    WOODMAN, Karen appointed
    director
  9. 2021-08-16
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

74/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +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

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

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.

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 Clifford Roland Woodman
Individual · British · DOB 06/1964 · age 62
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting16/08/2021
Mrs Karen Woodman
Individual · British · DOB 10/1962 · age 64
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting16/08/2021

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
Incorporated2021-08-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

Cedarwood
Milnfield
Annan
DG12 5QP
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-29
Last: 2025-08-15

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

WOODMAN, Clifford Roland
director · ~62y · appointed 2021-08-16
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Active
WOODMAN, Karen
director · ~64y · appointed 2021-08-16
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Active

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Recent filings (10 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-05
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-03-21
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-08-16