KELLANDS PLANT (SE) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

00568587 · ltd · incorporated 1956-07-05

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£61.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 45190

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

11 officers (3 active, 11 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

109 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

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £61,712

Net assets shrinking

Down £3,162 YoY

Cash YoY

+39%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£20k

↑ 39% YoY

Net Worth

£62k

↓ 4.9% YoY

Current Assets

£1.0m

↓ 22% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£63.1k	£66.3k
Current assets	£1.03M	£1.31M
Cash	£20.1k	£14.4k
Debtors	£730.1k	£258.6k
Net assets	£61.7k	£64.9k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand

2026-05-02
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-18
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HILL, Timothy Peter resigned
director
2025-11-13
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-11
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SMITH, Nigel John resigned
director
2025-09-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-09-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-10-11
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-21
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-09-11
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-09-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-08-31
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PAYNE, Mark Anthony resigned
director
2022-09-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-08-16
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2021-11-04
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officers · AP01
2021-11-04
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-11-03
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WATTS, Paul Victor appointed
director
2021-11-03
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HILL, Michael Froude resigned
director
2021-09-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-09-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-08-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-08-30
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-08-28
➖
DOLDING, Philip James resigned
director
2018-08-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridged
accounts · AA
2018-04-04
➕
MILLER, Terence Leslie Edward appointed
director
2018-04-04
➕
HILL, Michael Froude appointed
director
2018-04-04
➕
HILL, Timothy Peter appointed
director
2018-04-04
➕
PAYNE, Mark Anthony appointed
director
2018-04-04
➕
SMITH, Nigel John appointed
director
2016-09-28
➖
MEAR, Harold Thomas resigned
secretary
2001-09-14
➕
MEAR, Harold Thomas appointed
secretary
2001-09-14
➖
SCOTT, Brian Frederick Ernest resigned
secretary
1995-05-23
➕
DOLDING, Philip James appointed
director
1994-02-15
➖
JEANES, Metford Arthur resigned
director
1956-07-05
🏢
Company incorporated
As KELLANDS PLANT (SE) LIMITED

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 70 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

1 med ·

2 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: HILL, Timothy Peter resigned 2026-04-18; SMITH, Nigel John resigned 2025-11-11

Group structure

Kellands (Holdings) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️

Kellands (Holdings) Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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KELLANDS PLANT (SE) LIMITED

This company · 00568587

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Kellands (Holdings) Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1956-07-05

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC45190 — SIC 45190

Registered office

Kellands (Plant Sales) Ltd

Salmon Parade

Bridgwater

Somerset

TA6 5JY

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-29

Last: 2025-11-15

Officers (3 active · 8 resigned)

JEANES, Francis David→

director · ~79y

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

MILLER, Terence Leslie Edward→

director · ~82y · appointed 2018-04-04

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

WATTS, Paul Victor→

director · ~59y · appointed 2021-11-03

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

MEAR, Harold Thomas→

secretary · appointed 2001-09-14 · resigned 2016-09-28

Resigned

SCOTT, Brian Frederick Ernest→

secretary · resigned 2001-09-14

Resigned

DOLDING, Philip James→

director · ~78y · appointed 1995-05-23 · resigned 2019-08-28

Resigned

HILL, Michael Froude→

director · ~92y · appointed 2018-04-04 · resigned 2021-11-03

Resigned

HILL, Timothy Peter→

director · ~59y · appointed 2018-04-04 · resigned 2026-04-18

Resigned

JEANES, Metford Arthur→

director · ~106y · resigned 1994-02-15

Resigned

PAYNE, Mark Anthony→

director · ~66y · appointed 2018-04-04 · resigned 2023-08-31

Resigned

SMITH, Nigel John→

director · ~78y · appointed 2018-04-04 · resigned 2025-11-11

Resigned

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Recent filings (109 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2026-05-02

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-11-17

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2025-11-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridged

accounts · AA

2025-09-18

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-11-28

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2024-09-24

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-11-15

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-10-11

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2023-09-21

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2023-09-11

accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridged

accounts · AA

2023-09-06

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-11-15

accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridged

accounts · AA

2022-09-02

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC05

2022-08-16

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-11-17