UNDER OFFER
Hilco is seeking offers to acquire the intellectual property and tangible assets of Kingdom Technologies Limited (“Kingdom” or the “Company”) on behalf of the Joint Liquidators of the Company, David Mcginness and Duncan Raggett of AAB Group.
Founded in 2018, Kingdom is a specialist robotics engineering company focused on the design and manufacture of autonomous outdoor machines for large-scale commercial environments. The Company has spent over seven years developing a robust, production-ready robotics platform targeted specifically at the commercial grounds-maintenance market, where existing robotic solutions have historically been limited or unsuitable.
Backed by more than £4m of private investment and grants, Kingdom has progressed from early R&D through multiple hardware and software generations to deliver certified, field-deployed products operating across golf courses, sports facilities, schools and public parks throughout the UK and Europe.
At the core of the offering is a fully autonomous commercial robotic lawn mower system, engineered for reliability, safety and low operating cost at scale. Unlike many residential-focused alternatives, the Company’s platform has been designed for large acreage coverage, continuous cycles, and remote fleet management, supported by proprietary navigation, perception and autonomy software, custom electronics, and in-house mechanical design. The technology stack is complemented by a production-ready mobile app and cloud backend, enabling remote monitoring and control and diagnostics across distributed fleets.
The Company’s business model has been structured around B2B and channel distribution, with an established network of machinery suppliers and specialist distributors. Approximately 75 units have been manufactured to date, with growing commercial adoption and recurring opportunities across the professional landscaping and facilities-management sectors.
Beyond mowing, the Company has extended its platform into adjacent applications, most notably the development of an autonomous robotic salt spreader in collaboration with a leading UK industrial salt distributor under a commercial development and licensing arrangement, demonstrating the transferability of Kingdom’s core robotics architecture into wider outdoor automation use cases.
This acquisition represents an opportunity to secure a mature, commercially proven robotics platform and associated intellectual property, providing a purchaser with an accelerated entry point into the fast-growing commercial outdoor automation market, established distributor relationships, and a foundation for expansion into multiple adjacent applications.
Kingdom has developed a reputation as a focused, engineering-led specialist within the commercial outdoor robotics and autonomous grounds-maintenance sector.
Unlike many early-stage robotics start-ups that prioritise lifestyle or residential use cases, Kingdom positioned itself around performance, uptime, and real-world operational savings for facilities managers, landscaping contractors, and institutional estate owners. Over several years of development and field deployment, the brand has built credibility through working systems in live commercial settings and through relationships with specialist distributors across the UK and Europe, establishing trust with professional operators who require long lifecycle support and predictable performance.
Kingdom’s technical standing has also been validated by engagement with established industry players, including patent-licensing activity with global outdoor power product manufacturer Husqvarna Group, validating the effectiveness of its underlying intellectual property. In addition, the Company has secured a combination of private investment and grant funding, reflecting confidence from both investors and public innovation bodies in the commercial and technical merit of the platform.
The Company has featured in trade media, with coverage from Landscaping Matters, as well as business news outlets such as Scottish Financial News, The Business Desk and Insider.co.uk. Conference demonstrations and pilot programmes have also helped to position the Kingdom brand as an innovator in the market.
For an acquirer, the Kingdom brand offers an established and technically respected foothold in the fast-growing commercial outdoor automation market.
The Company holds a registered trade mark covering the “Kingdom” brand name.
Full details on the Company’s trade mark are available via a virtual data room.
Kingdom holds a focused portfolio of granted and pending patents protecting core elements of its autonomous robotics architecture, particularly around navigation, control, and operational methodologies for commercial robotic lawnmowers.
The Company’s portfolio includes a granted European patent covering methods for controlling an autonomous mower without physical boundary wires, enabling user-defined digital boundaries, sub-zones and task parameters, and dynamic route optimisation based on sensor feedback, underpinning the Company’s wire-free deployment model and differentiates the platform from many legacy robotic systems that rely on perimeter cabling. Additional filings extend protection into other jurisdictions and cover incremental improvements to drive control, positioning accuracy, and system performance.
For an acquirer, the Company’s patents offer defensive protection around the core platform and options for future licensing or strategic leverage within the broader outdoor equipment and robotics markets.
Kingdom’s software platform underpins the operation of its autonomous robotics products. Developed over more than seven years of R&D alongside the hardware platform at a cost of c. £4m, the Company’s software is production-proven and deployed across live commercial sites.
At the heart of the system is proprietary autonomy and control software that enables boundary-wire-free navigation, precise positioning, zone management, obstacle avoidance, and structured coverage of large outdoor areas, allowing machines to operate reliably and safely in complex commercial environments such as golf courses, parks and institutional estates.
The Company’s platform is supported by a mobile and cloud-based operator app, enabling installation, configuration, scheduling, real-time monitoring, and remote diagnostics across distributed fleets. This remote capability is central to the Company’s B2B model, reducing on-site labour and allowing distributors and facilities managers to manage multiple machines efficiently.
For an acquirer, the software provides a mature, commercially validated autonomy and fleet-management stack solution which would typically require significant time and investment to replicate, offering an immediate foundation for scaling existing products or extending into adjacent outdoor automation applications.
The Company holds the primary kingdom.garden domain name.
The Company likely owns the copyright in the website content historically hosted across domains, showcasing its confidential-computing capabilities, product propositions, innovation credentials and projects.
Rights in social media accounts are also available to acquire across LinkedIn, Facebook and YouTube.
Full details on the Company’s social media accounts are available via a virtual data room.
The Company holds historic customer, distributor, partner, and prospect contact data gathered via its commercial sales and channel relationships, providing an established base of qualified industry contacts for further business development.
The Company holds a selection of associated tangible assets, including multiple completed and used robotic mower units (six systems), together with workshop tools, spare components and parts, a 3D printer, and general prototyping and testing equipment. A range of office equipment and computers are also available to acquire.
Hilco is acting as exclusive agent to the Company and its Proposed Liquidator in connection with the proposed sale of some or all of the Company’s assets. The Proposed Liquidator acts as an agent of the Company and without personal liability.
All sales are made strictly on an “as is, where is” basis. Only such right, title and interest (if any) as the Company may have in the assets will be transferred to a purchaser. No warranties, guarantees, or representations (express or implied) are provided by the Company, its Proposed Liquidator, or Hilco in respect of the assets or any information supplied. All parties must rely on their own enquiries and due diligence. Any information provided is for convenience only and has not been independently verified.
All offers are subject to the addition of VAT at the prevailing rate, where applicable. A non-refundable deposit equal to 20% of the agreed purchase price must be paid by the successful purchaser within 48 hours of offer acceptance. Payment of the deposit grants the purchaser the exclusive right to proceed with the acquisition of the relevant assets for a limited period and on the terms agreed. A Buyer’s Premium of 10% of the final purchase price is payable by the successful purchaser in addition to the agreed purchase price, is non-negotiable and is payable at the same time and in the same manner as the purchase price and forms a condition of sale.
Legal completion must occur within five (5) business days of offer acceptance, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Company and its Proposed Liquidator.
