KENDAL FISH FARMS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
01306505 · ltd · incorporated 1977-04-04
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
Why now
Window steady · high confidence
Thesis has shifted recently — watch for confirmation.
  • · Lifecycle stage: mature → zombie
  • · Investment thesis: well_run_hard_buy → zombie_hold
  • · Deal-killer verdict: clean → workable
  • · Opportunity score: 82 → 75
Opportunity decay
drifting distress · 6-months
Drifting toward distress — expect more negotiability in 3–6 months, but also more friction.
  • · Lifecycle stage drifting downward
  • · Currently "zombie"
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture worsened over the last 30 days — 4 negative signals vs 1 positive.

  • ↓Lifecycle stage: mature → zombie
  • ·Investment thesis: well_run_hard_buy → zombie_hold
  • ↑Deal-killer verdict: clean → workable
  • ↓Opportunity score: 82 → 75
  • ↓Hygiene score: 90 → 85
  • +1 more
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 03210
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 23.1y

30/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 23.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
18 officers (2 active, 18 linked, 12 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
133 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
—
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-30
Average employees200

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (52 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-09
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-06-25
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    BEATTIE, Allan Bernard resigned
    director
  3. 2025-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-10-27
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  5. 2024-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-10-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-10-14
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    BEATTIE, Euphemia appointed
    director
  9. 2022-10-14
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2021-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-12-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2020-07-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-04-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-09-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-10-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-12-16
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  18. 2013-09-20
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: David William Strang Steel
  19. 2013-09-20
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: David William Strang Steel
  20. 2008-06-27
    ➕
    BEATTIE, Euphemia appointed
    secretary
  21. 2008-06-27
    ➖
    THOMPSON, Lorraine Elizabeth resigned
    secretary
  22. 2008-06-27
    ➕
    BEATTIE, Allan Bernard appointed
    director
  23. 2008-06-27
    ➖
    MCINTOSH, Kenneth James resigned
    director
  24. 2008-06-27
    ➖
    SUTHERLAND, Alan George resigned
    director
  25. 2007-11-19
    ➖
    MACDONALD, Yvonne Frances resigned
    secretary
  26. 2007-11-19
    ➕
    THOMPSON, Lorraine Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  27. 2007-11-19
    ➖
    MACDONALD, Yvonne Frances resigned
    director
  28. 2007-11-19
    ➕
    MCINTOSH, Kenneth James appointed
    director
  29. 2007-11-19
    ➖
    ODDSEN, Oddgeir resigned
    director
  30. 2007-11-19
    ➕
    SUTHERLAND, Alan George appointed
    director
  31. 2007-01-16
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    Charge satisfied #1
  32. 2006-12-23
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    Charge satisfied #2
  33. 2005-08-17
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    MACDONALD, Yvonne Frances appointed
    secretary
  34. 2005-08-17
    ➖
    ROBERTSON, Bruce Thomas resigned
    secretary
  35. 2005-08-17
    ➕
    MACDONALD, Yvonne Frances appointed
    director
  36. 2005-08-17
    ➖
    ROBERTSON, Bruce Thomas resigned
    director
  37. 2004-10-01
    ➕
    ROBERTSON, Bruce Thomas appointed
    secretary
  38. 2004-10-01
    ➕
    ODDSEN, Oddgeir appointed
    director
  39. 2004-09-30
    ➖
    SOMERVILLE, William Iain Munro resigned
    secretary
  40. 2004-09-30
    ➖
    SOMERVILLE, William Iain Munro resigned
    director
  41. 2003-06-04
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Den Norske Bank Asa (The Security Trustee)
  42. 2003-05-27
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Den Norske Bank Asa (The Security Trustee)
  43. 2001-10-31
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    SMITH MAXWELL, Charles James Lansdale resigned
    secretary
  44. 2001-10-31
    ➕
    SOMERVILLE, William Iain Munro appointed
    secretary
  45. 2001-10-31
    ➕
    ROBERTSON, Bruce Thomas appointed
    director
  46. 2001-10-31
    ➖
    SMITH MAXWELL, Archie Lonsdale Shipley resigned
    director
  47. 2001-10-31
    ➖
    SMITH MAXWELL, Charles James Lansdale resigned
    director
  48. 2001-10-31
    ➖
    SMITH MAXWELL, Patricia Mary Wentworth resigned
    director
  49. 2001-10-31
    ➖
    SMITH MAXWELL, Sandra Joyce Graham resigned
    director
  50. 2001-10-31
    ➕
    SOMERVILLE, William Iain Munro appointed
    director
Showing most recent 50 of 52 events

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 49 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

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

Group structure

It's Cauld Ltd. is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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It's Cauld Ltd.
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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KENDAL FISH FARMS LIMITED
This company · 01306505

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
It's Cauld Ltd.
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares30/06/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1977-04-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC03210 — SIC 03210

Registered office

73 Acomb Crescent Fawdon
Newcatsle Upon Tyne
NE3 2BD
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-30
Last made up to: 2025-01-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-30
Last: 2025-10-16

Officers (2 active · 16 resigned)

BEATTIE, Euphemia→
secretary · appointed 2008-06-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BEATTIE, Euphemia→
director · ~42y · appointed 2022-10-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACDONALD, Yvonne Frances→
secretary · appointed 2005-08-17 · resigned 2007-11-19
Resigned
ROBERTSON, Bruce Thomas→
secretary · appointed 2004-10-01 · resigned 2005-08-17
Resigned
SMITH MAXWELL, Charles James Lansdale→
secretary · resigned 2001-10-31
Resigned
SOMERVILLE, William Iain Munro→
secretary · appointed 2001-10-31 · resigned 2004-09-30
Resigned
THOMPSON, Lorraine Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2007-11-19 · resigned 2008-06-27
Resigned
BEATTIE, Allan Bernard→
director · ~82y · appointed 2008-06-27 · resigned 2026-06-25
Resigned
MACDONALD, Yvonne Frances→
director · ~67y · appointed 2005-08-17 · resigned 2007-11-19
Resigned
MCINTOSH, Kenneth James→
director · ~58y · appointed 2007-11-19 · resigned 2008-06-27
Resigned
ODDSEN, Oddgeir→
director · ~61y · appointed 2004-10-01 · resigned 2007-11-19
Resigned
ROBERTSON, Bruce Thomas→
director · ~76y · appointed 2001-10-31 · resigned 2005-08-17
Resigned
SMITH MAXWELL, Archie Lonsdale Shipley→
director · ~98y · resigned 2001-10-31
Resigned
SMITH MAXWELL, Charles James Lansdale→
director · ~74y · resigned 2001-10-31
Resigned
SMITH MAXWELL, Patricia Mary Wentworth→
director · ~101y · resigned 2001-10-31
Resigned
SMITH MAXWELL, Sandra Joyce Graham→
director · ~69y · appointed 1993-08-01 · resigned 2001-10-31
Resigned
SOMERVILLE, William Iain Munro→
director · ~75y · appointed 2001-10-31 · resigned 2004-09-30
Resigned
SUTHERLAND, Alan George→
director · ~67y · appointed 2007-11-19 · resigned 2008-06-27
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
David William Strang Steel / James Alister Aitkenhead
A registered charge1 property20/09/2013—
outstanding
David William Strang Steel / James Alister Aitkenhead
A registered charge1 property20/09/2013—
satisfied
Den Norske Bank Asa (The Security Trustee)
Syndicated debenture1 property04/06/200323/12/2006
satisfied
Den Norske Bank Asa (The Security Trustee)
A standard security which was presented for registration in scotland on 10 june 2003 and1 property27/05/200316/01/2007
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Recent filings (133 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-07-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-08
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-10-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-16