CANINE KETCHUP LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09647349 · ltd · incorporated 2015-06-19
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£-83.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10920
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
34 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £83,601

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£84k
↓ 5.4% YoY
Current Assets
£6k
↓ 24% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£84k-£65k-£47k-£29k-£10k£8kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£-82.5k£-78.2k
Current assets£6.0k£7.9k
Net assets£-83.6k£-79.3k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-04-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2020-04-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-07-08
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  10. 2019-06-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2019-06-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2019-06-19
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  13. 2019-05-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2019-03-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-03-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-06-26
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  17. 2016-07-01
    ➕
    LOCK, Philip Peter appointed
    secretary
  18. 2016-07-01
    ➖
    CT SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2015-06-19
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CANINE KETCHUP LIMITED
  20. 2015-06-19
    ➕
    LOCK, Martin John appointed
    director
  21. 2015-06-19
    ➕
    LOCK, Philip Peter appointed
    director
  22. 2015-06-19
    ➕
    CT SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary

Owner dependency

81/100
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 age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Philip Peter Lock
Individual · British · DOB 01/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Martin John Lock
Individual · British · DOB 07/1958 · age 68
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% 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
Incorporated2015-06-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10920 — SIC 10920

Registered office

Langton House
Crown Heights
Guildford
Surrey
GU1 3TX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-03
Last: 2025-06-19

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

LOCK, Philip Peter→
secretary · appointed 2016-07-01
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Active
LOCK, Martin John→
director · ~68y · appointed 2015-06-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LOCK, Philip Peter→
director · ~66y · appointed 2015-06-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CT SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2015-06-19 · resigned 2016-07-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (34 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-08