MANCHESTER BOARDING KENNELS LTD

💤Zombieactive
14601435 · ltd · incorporated 2023-01-18
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jan 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
68/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01621
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 68/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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: medium (79/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
21 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
68/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Average employees2000

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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
6
filings
  • 3 persons-with-significant-control
  • 2 officers
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
14
filings
  • 7 persons-with-significant-control
  • 5 officers
  • 2 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-14
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  2. 2026-05-14
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2026-05-14
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2026-05-14
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2026-05-14
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2026-04-05
    EWEN, Naomi Michelle appointed
    director
  7. 2026-04-05
    HAROON, Muhammad Aijaz resigned
    director
  8. 2026-01-20
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2026-01-20
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2026-01-20
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2026-01-20
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2026-01-20
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2026-01-20
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  14. 2026-01-20
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2026-01-02
    EWEN, Naomi Michelle resigned
    director
  16. 2026-01-02
    HAROON, Muhammad Aijaz appointed
    director
  17. 2026-01-02
    SUTHERLAND, Michael Andrew resigned
    director
  18. 2025-07-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2024-04-15
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  20. 2024-04-15
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    officers · CH01
  21. 2024-04-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2023-01-18
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    Company incorporated
    As MANCHESTER BOARDING KENNELS LTD
  23. 2023-01-18
    EWEN, Naomi Michelle appointed
    director
  24. 2023-01-18
    SUTHERLAND, Michael Andrew appointed
    director
  25. 2023-01-18
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 med ·
3 director resignations in last 12 months
medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: EWEN, Naomi Michelle resigned 2026-01-02; HAROON, Muhammad Aijaz resigned 2026-04-05; SUTHERLAND, Michael Andrew resigned 2026-01-02

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Naomi Michelle Ewen
Individual · British · DOB 01/1983 · age 43
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control05/04/2026
4 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Muhammad Aijaz Haroonceased 05/04/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
  • Mrs Uzma Ijazceased 05/04/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
  • Miss Naomi Michelle Ewenceased 02/01/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr Michael Andrew Sutherlandceased 02/01/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2023-01-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01621 — SIC 01621

Registered office

Urmston Meadows Southgate
Urmston
Manchester
M41 9QP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-29
Last: 2026-05-15

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

EWEN, Naomi Michelle
director · ~43y · appointed 2026-04-05
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Active
EWEN, Naomi Michelle
director · ~43y · appointed 2023-01-18 · resigned 2026-01-02
Resigned
HAROON, Muhammad Aijaz
director · ~71y · appointed 2026-01-02 · resigned 2026-04-05
Resigned
SUTHERLAND, Michael Andrew
director · ~61y · appointed 2023-01-18 · resigned 2026-01-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (21 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-15
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-05-14
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-05-14
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-05-14
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-05-14
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-05-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-01-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-20
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-01-20
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-01-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-20
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-01-20
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-08