A B KERR LTD

🌳Matureactive
05304500 · ltd · incorporated 2004-12-03
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33170
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
53 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Average employees3300

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 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-03-30
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  6. 2022-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-03-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2021-05-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-03-06
    ➕
    KERR, Robert appointed
    director
  11. 2020-03-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2019-04-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-05-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-07-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-08-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2014-12-15
    ➕
    KERR, Andrew Bearman appointed
    secretary
  17. 2014-12-15
    ➖
    WILLIAMS, Alice resigned
    secretary
  18. 2004-12-03
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    Company incorporated
    As A B KERR LTD
  19. 2004-12-03
    ➕
    KERR, Andrew Bearman appointed
    director
  20. 2004-12-03
    ➕
    WILLIAMS, Alice appointed
    secretary
  21. 2004-12-03
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2004-12-03
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

100/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "KERR" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Bearman Kerr
Individual · Welsh · DOB 06/1960 · age 66
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2004-12-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33170 — SIC 33170

Registered office

Brynesgob
Llangoedmor
Cardigan
Ceredigion
SA43 2LP
Wales

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-17
Last: 2026-04-03

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

KERR, Andrew Bearman→
secretary · appointed 2014-12-15
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Active
KERR, Andrew Bearman→
director · ~66y · appointed 2004-12-03
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Active
KERR, Robert→
director · ~34y · appointed 2020-03-06
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Active
WILLIAMS, Alice→
secretary · appointed 2004-12-03 · resigned 2014-12-15
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-12-03 · resigned 2004-12-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (53 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-01
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-04