KIRKTON CONTROLS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive

SC751731 · ltd · incorporated 2022-11-29

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 3.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

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

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

—

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

Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 62/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 3.2y

55/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Charge age ~3.2 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Lenders & charges

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

Directors & officers

6 officers (6 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

20 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 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	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Average employees	6	—

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

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2 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2026-01-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-11-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-08-27
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-05-18
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2023-05-18
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-05-18
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officers · AP01
2023-05-18
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-05-18
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-05-18
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officers · AP01
2023-05-18
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-04-14
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capital · SH01
2023-03-28
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-03-24
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-03-23
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-03-23
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-03-23
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mortgage · MR01
2023-03-14
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HADDOCK, Calum appointed
director
2023-03-14
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KACZALEK, Jacek Romuald appointed
director
2023-03-14
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MEEHAN, Thomas Patrick appointed
director
2023-03-14
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MUIR, Duncan Joseph appointed
director
2023-03-14
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STEWART, Ian appointed
director
2023-03-14
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Malcolm Haddock
2022-11-29
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Company incorporated
As KIRKTON CONTROLS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
2022-11-29
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HADDOCK, Malcolm appointed
director
2022-11-29
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

56/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2022-11-29

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

The Rear Of 33 Main Street

Holytown

Motherwell

ML1 4TH

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-12

Last: 2025-11-28