OAKENSHAW KENNELS LTD
Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-01-31 | 2024-01-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £101.2k | £1 |
| Net assets | £101.2k | £1 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-05➖MARSDEN, Craig resigneddirector
- 2026-01-05📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-03-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-04➕MARSDEN, Craig appointeddirector
- 2024-01-04📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-09-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-09🏢Company incorporatedAs OAKENSHAW KENNELS LTD
- 2019-01-09➕MARSDEN, Victoria Suzanne appointeddirector
- 2019-01-09📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
Red flags
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Victoria Suzanne Marsden Individual · British · DOB 07/1983 · age 43 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 09/01/2019 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Similar companies
Active · Agriculture · WF postcode area| Company | Est. value | Turnover | Net worth | Staff | Age | Opp | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HYDROPONICSA LIMITED→ 15867054 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| J WILTSHIRE TREE CARE LTD→ 12587072 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| JNT PEST CONTROL LTD→ 15301343 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| JUST RING LIAM LTD→ 15691575 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| LOGMAN LIMITED→ 14462532 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| LYTH VALLEY ANIMAL SERVICES LIMITED→ 15508505 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| M K PROPERTY DEVELOPERS LIMITED→ 08158951 · est 2012 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 13y | — | — |
| MAURICE WILSON (FARMING) LIMITED→ 00661601 · est 1960 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 65y | — | — |
| MEADOWS TREE CARE LIMITED→ 16398426 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| METCALFE FARMING LIMITED→ 06859306 · est 2009 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 17y | — | — |
| NINE ACRES FARM LTD→ 16734723 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| OWL BARN FISH FARM LTD→ 12532443 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Registered office
Filing status
Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.