M AND D POULTRY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

08451607 · ltd · incorporated 2013-03-19

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 7.8y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£-39.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01470

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 7.8y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 7.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

28 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

75/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £39,406

Cash YoY

+3%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£1k

↑ 3.5% YoY

Net Worth

-£39k

↑ 9.7% YoY

Current Assets

£22k

↓ 46% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£317.3k	£340.3k
Current assets	£21.6k	£40.1k
Cash	£1.4k	£1.4k
Debtors	£17.6k	£20.4k
Net assets	£-39.4k	£-43.6k

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

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1 signal 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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand

2025-12-18
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accounts · AA
2024-12-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-12-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-12-18
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2018-12-17
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Charge registered #2
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2018-08-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-07-23
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2018-07-20
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2017-08-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-09-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-04-13
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-12-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-04-08
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annual-return · AR01
2013-03-19
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Company incorporated
As M AND D POULTRY LIMITED
2013-03-19
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KEMP, Danielle Louise appointed
director
2013-03-19
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KEMP, Milford appointed
director

Owner dependency

71/100

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.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 13 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

49/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Milford Kemp Individual · British · DOB 01/1973 · age 53	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mrs Danielle Louise Kemp Individual · British · DOB 08/1973 · age 53	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	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

Incorporated2013-03-19

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC01470 — SIC 01470

Registered office

Lower Balkram Edge Farm Balkram Edge Road

Mount Tabor

Halifax

West Yorkshire

HX2 0UB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-02

Last: 2026-03-19

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

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director · ~53y · appointed 2013-03-19

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	17/12/2018	—
	outstanding	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	A registered charge	—	20/07/2018	—

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