KITCHENWAYS LTD

🌳Matureactive
09535368 · ltd · incorporated 2015-04-10
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 10.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£16.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 10.2y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 10.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
30 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
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 £16,599

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£17k
~ YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£3k£7k£10k£13k£17kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£16.6k£16.6k
Debtors£16.6k£16.6k
Net assets£16.6k£16.6k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-09-13
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  5. 2022-09-13
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    Charge satisfied #1
  6. 2022-07-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-01-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-02-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-06-22
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    legacy
    miscellaneous · RP04CS01
  10. 2020-05-15
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2020-05-15
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    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  12. 2020-01-13
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2020-01-13
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2020-01-09
    ➖
    GREGSON, Lee David resigned
    director
  15. 2020-01-09
    ➖
    THOMPSON, Lee Geoffrey resigned
    director
  16. 2019-10-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2019-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-12-06
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    accounts · AA
  19. 2017-11-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  20. 2016-02-25
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
  21. 2015-04-10
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    Company incorporated
    As KITCHENWAYS LTD
  22. 2015-04-10
    ➕
    BRAZIER, Peter appointed
    director
  23. 2015-04-10
    ➕
    WEAVER, Guy Michael Linsley appointed
    director
  24. 2015-04-10
    ➕
    GREGSON, Lee David appointed
    director
  25. 2015-04-10
    ➕
    THOMPSON, Lee Geoffrey appointed
    director

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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

71/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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 Guy Michael Linsley Weaver
Individual · British · DOB 07/1961 · age 65
75–100%
—75-100% shares01/05/2019

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
Incorporated2015-04-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47910 — Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet

Registered office

C/O A365 St James Business Centre
Wilderspool Causeway
Warrington
WA4 6PS
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-24
Last: 2026-04-10

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

BRAZIER, Peter→
director · ~73y · appointed 2015-04-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WEAVER, Guy Michael Linsley→
director · ~65y · appointed 2015-04-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GREGSON, Lee David→
director · ~51y · appointed 2015-04-10 · resigned 2020-01-09
Resigned
THOMPSON, Lee Geoffrey→
director · ~50y · appointed 2015-04-10 · resigned 2020-01-09
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
A registered charge—25/02/201613/09/2022

Recent filings (30 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-12
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-12
legacy
miscellaneous · RP04CS01
2020-06-22
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-05-15