A M KENNELS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07288567 · ltd · incorporated 2010-06-18
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
£33.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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 (2 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
44 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £33,890
Net assets shrinking
Down £29,524 YoY
Cash YoY
-18%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£110k
↓ 18% YoY
Net Worth
£34k
↓ 47% YoY
Current Assets
£166k
↓ 13% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£38k£76k£114k£152k£190kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£33.9k£63.4k
Current assets£165.5k£190.1k
Cash£109.6k£134.3k
Debtors£53.9k£55.3k
Net assets£33.9k£63.4k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-10-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-11-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-11-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-06-24
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  7. 2020-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-10-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-01-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2018-11-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-11-07
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    officers · TM01
  13. 2017-11-07
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  14. 2017-07-31
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    NELSON, Michael resigned
    director
  15. 2017-07-14
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2017-07-14
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  17. 2016-09-05
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    officers · AP01
  18. 2016-08-23
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    NELSON, Michael appointed
    director
  19. 2014-05-19
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    NELSON, Michael Stuart resigned
    director
  20. 2010-07-01
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    JACOBS, Johan appointed
    director
  21. 2010-07-01
    ➕
    MARIS, Luc appointed
    director
  22. 2010-06-18
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    Company incorporated
    As A M KENNELS LIMITED
  23. 2010-06-18
    ➕
    KAHAN, Barbara appointed
    director
  24. 2010-06-18
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    KAHAN, Barbara resigned
    director
  25. 2010-06-18
    ➕
    NELSON, Michael Stuart appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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.)

Group structure

Ropa Bvba holds majority control (50-75%). Likely parent but not wholly-owned.

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Ropa Bvba
Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares
majority
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A M KENNELS LIMITED
This company · 07288567

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ropa Bvba
Corporate entity
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Michael Nelsonceased 31/07/2017· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2010-06-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Datum House
Electra Way
Crewe
Cheshire
CW1 6ZF
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-02
Last: 2025-06-18

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

JACOBS, Johan→
director · ~62y · appointed 2010-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MARIS, Luc→
director · ~61y · appointed 2010-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KAHAN, Barbara→
director · ~95y · appointed 2010-06-18 · resigned 2010-06-18
Resigned
NELSON, Michael→
director · ~55y · appointed 2016-08-23 · resigned 2017-07-31
Resigned
NELSON, Michael Stuart→
director · ~55y · appointed 2010-06-18 · resigned 2014-05-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (44 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-10-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-25
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2021-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-06-20