ARUNDEL KERR PRODUCE LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
03873206 · ltd · incorporated 1999-11-03
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
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10310
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 49410Freight transport by road
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). 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 (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
6 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 21.5y
35/100
too messy
Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.
- · Oldest live charge is 21.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: high (83/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
6 charges (6/6 with lender, 6/6 with type)
90
Directors & officers
11 officers (6 active, 11 linked, 7 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
20 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
104 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
5 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 mortgage
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (44 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-24📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-03-24📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2026-03-13📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2026-03-13🔒Charge registered #6Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2026-02-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-01-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-01-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-03-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-10📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2023-07-10📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2023-07-10📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2023-07-10🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2023-07-10🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2023-07-10🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2023-03-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-12📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-04-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-08➕DOBSON, Rebecca appointeddirector
- 2020-06-16📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-06-15➕WARBURTON, Jonathan Mark appointeddirector
- 2020-02-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2015-12-31➖COOPER, David Martin resigneddirector
- 2014-11-05➖WARBURTON, Jonathan Mark resigneddirector
- 2013-10-23➕MORDUE, Benjamin Ralph appointeddirector
- 2013-10-23➕COOPER, David Martin appointeddirector
- 2013-08-30🔒Charge registered #5Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2013-08-21🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2011-11-09🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2010-09-08➕WARBURTON, Jonathan Mark appointeddirector
- 2005-08-08🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2005-02-02🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2003-07-01➕ARUNDEL, Emma appointedsecretary
- 2003-07-01➖ARUNDEL, Richard David resignedsecretary
- 2000-11-30➕ARUNDEL, Richard David appointedsecretary
- 2000-11-30➖STURGEON, Maureen Sandra resignedsecretary
- 1999-11-04➖SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1999-11-03🏢Company incorporatedAs ARUNDEL KERR PRODUCE LIMITED
- 1999-11-03➕ARUNDEL, Richard David appointeddirector
- 1999-11-03➕KERR, Bruce William appointeddirector
- 1999-11-03➕STURGEON, Maureen Sandra appointedsecretary
- 1999-11-03➕SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
Owner dependency
80/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ARUNDEL" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
80/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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 ·Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Group structure
2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.
🏛️majority
Kirmington Farms Limited
Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares
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W. M. Kerr Farms Limited
Corporate parent
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ARUNDEL KERR PRODUCE LIMITED
This company · 03873206
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
3 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Kirmington Farms Limited Corporate entity | 50–75% | 25–50% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting | 26/02/2026 |
W. M. Kerr Farms Limited Corporate entity | — | 25–50% | 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Bruce William Kerr Individual · British · DOB 01/1970 · age 56 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Richard David Arundelceased 26/02/2026· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
8 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.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-11-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10310 — SIC 10310
Registered office
Pegasus House Pegasus Road
Elsham Wolds Industrial Estate Elsham
Brigg
North Lincolnshire
DN20 0SQ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-17
Last: 2025-11-03
Officers (6 active · 5 resigned)
Active
ARUNDEL, Richard David→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 1999-11-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DOBSON, Rebecca→
Activedirector · ~39y · appointed 2021-01-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
KERR, Bruce William→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 1999-11-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MORDUE, Benjamin Ralph→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2013-10-23
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WARBURTON, Jonathan Mark→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2020-06-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ARUNDEL, Richard David→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2000-11-30 · resigned 2003-07-01
STURGEON, Maureen Sandra→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1999-11-03 · resigned 2000-11-30
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-11-03 · resigned 1999-11-04
COOPER, David Martin→
Resigneddirector · ~62y · appointed 2013-10-23 · resigned 2015-12-31
WARBURTON, Jonathan Mark→
Resigneddirector · ~65y · appointed 2010-09-08 · resigned 2014-11-05
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Mortgages & charges
6
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:6 of 6 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 13/03/2026 | — | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 30/08/2013 | — | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 21/08/2013 | — | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 09/11/2011 | 10/07/2023 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Guarantee & debenture | 1 property | 08/08/2005 | 10/07/2023 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Guarantee & debenture | 1 property | 02/02/2005 | 10/07/2023 |
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Recent filings (104 total)
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-24
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-03-24
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2026-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2025-03-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-03-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-06
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-07-10
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-07-10
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-07-10