KMW JOINERY LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive

12368031 · ltd · incorporated 2019-12-17

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

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£77.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

77/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

30 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

77/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £77,062

Cash YoY

-19%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£33k

↓ 19% YoY

Net Worth

£77k

↑ 38% YoY

Current Assets

£62k

↑ 4.2% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£97.9k	£60.7k
Current assets	£61.5k	£59.0k
Cash	£32.6k	£40.4k
Debtors	£4.1k	£554
Net assets	£77.1k	£56.0k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2025-09-30
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2024-07-23
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2023-06-13
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accounts · AA
2022-12-21
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officers · CH01
2022-12-21
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-12-21
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officers · CH01
2022-12-21
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-12-21
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2022-08-24
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2022-07-11
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2022-07-01
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2022-06-30
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KOSSMANN, Melanie Anne resigned
director
2021-09-15
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2019-12-17
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Company incorporated
As KMW JOINERY LIMITED
2019-12-17
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MOLE, Karl appointed
director
2019-12-17
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MOLE, Lynne appointed
director
2019-12-17
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WAGSTAFF, Kenneth appointed
director
2019-12-17
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KOSSMANN, Melanie Anne appointed
director

Owner dependency

66/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

40/100

Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.

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 Kenneth Wagstaff Individual · British · DOB 11/1965 · age 61	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	17/12/2019
Mr Karl Mole Individual · British · DOB 06/1971 · age 55	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	17/12/2019

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

Incorporated2019-12-17

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC16230 — Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery

Registered office

Ava Lodge

Castle Terrace

Berwick Upon Tweed

Northumberland

TD15 1NP

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-30

Last: 2025-12-16

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

MOLE, Karl→

director · ~55y · appointed 2019-12-17

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Active

MOLE, Lynne→

director · ~50y · appointed 2019-12-17

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Active

WAGSTAFF, Kenneth→

director · ~61y · appointed 2019-12-17

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

KOSSMANN, Melanie Anne→

director · ~61y · appointed 2019-12-17 · resigned 2022-06-30

Resigned

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Recent filings (30 total)

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2026-01-02

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-09-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-01-06

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-07-23

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-01-02

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-06-13

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-01-04

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2022-12-21

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2022-12-21

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2022-12-21

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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2022-12-21

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2022-12-21

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officers · CH01

2022-12-20

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officers · CH01

2022-12-20

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officers · CH01

2022-12-19