FRANK KING (WIGAN) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01406933 · ltd · incorporated 1978-12-28

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 Jan 2026

Net worth

£5.02M

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Wholesale of meat and meat products

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). 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

15 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 43.3y

35/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Oldest live charge is 43.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 40/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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

15 charges (15/15 with lender, 15/15 with type)

Directors & officers

10 officers (5 active, 10 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

124 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £5,018,782

Cash YoY

+291%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£651k

↑ 291% YoY

Net Worth

£5.0m

↑ 3.6% YoY

Current Assets

£4.8m

↓ 11% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2026-01-30	2025-01-31
Total assets	£5.99M	£6.11M
Current assets	£4.79M	£5.36M
Cash	£650.9k	£166.3k
Debtors	£3.16M	£3.63M
Net assets	£5.02M	£4.85M

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

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3 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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (53 events)Click to expand

2026-06-23
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accounts · AA
2025-10-01
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mortgage · MR01
2025-10-01
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Charge registered #15
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2025-07-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2025-02-28
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-13
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-12-06
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Charge registered #14
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2024-04-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-21
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-07-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-01
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FITZSIMONS, Jane Louise appointed
director
2021-07-01
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officers · AP01
2020-03-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2019-06-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2018-09-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2018-08-02
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address · AD01
2018-03-15
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officers · AP01
2018-03-12
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HAMER, Jonathan appointed
director
2018-01-26
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COOKSON, David Thomas resigned
director
2018-01-23
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Charge registered #13
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2014-06-17
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Charge registered #12
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2013-01-04
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LATHAM, Jacqueline appointed
director
2012-10-11
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Charge registered #11
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2011-12-21
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Charge registered #10
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2010-06-18
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Charge satisfied #9
2010-03-22
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LOWE, Willaim resigned
director
2008-06-02
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LOWE, Willaim appointed
director
2002-02-22
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Charge registered #9
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2001-01-06
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Charge satisfied #8
2001-01-06
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Charge satisfied #7
2001-01-06
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Charge satisfied #6
2001-01-06
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Charge satisfied #5
2001-01-06
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Charge satisfied #4
2001-01-06
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Charge satisfied #3
2001-01-06
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Charge satisfied #2
1996-12-09
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Charge registered #8
Lender: Midland Bank PLC
1993-08-26
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Charge satisfied #1
1993-08-18
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HAMER, John appointed
secretary
1993-08-18
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HAMER, John appointed
director
1993-08-18
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ROBINSON, William resigned
secretary
1993-08-18
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COOKSON, David Thomas appointed
director
1993-08-18
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ROBINSON, Joan Vivien resigned
director
1993-08-18
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ROBINSON, William resigned
director
1993-08-18
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Charge registered #7
Lender: Midland Bank PLC
1993-08-18
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Charge registered #6
Lender: Midland Bank PLC
1993-08-18
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Midland Bank PLC
1993-08-18
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Midland Bank PLC
1993-08-18
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Midland Bank PLC

Showing most recent 50 of 53 events

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 48 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med · 1 low

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

6 live charges

low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Group structure

Value Meats Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Value Meats Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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FRANK KING (WIGAN) LIMITED

This company · 01406933

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
Value Meats Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1978-12-28

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46320 — Wholesale of meat and meat products

Registered office

69 Queen Street

Wigan

WN3 4HX

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-10-31

Last made up to: 2026-01-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-12

Last: 2026-02-26