AS & SM KEMP & SON LTD

🌱Startupactive
15780381 · ltd · incorporated 2024-06-15
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01410
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (61/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
3 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-30
Average employees4

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

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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 (7 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-13
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-15
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AS & SM KEMP & SON LTD
  3. 2024-06-15
    KEMP, Diane Mary appointed
    director
  4. 2024-06-15
    KEMP, Frederick Stephen appointed
    director
  5. 2024-06-15
    KEMP, Jonathon Stephen appointed
    director
  6. 2024-06-15
    KEMP, William Gordon appointed
    director
  7. 2024-06-15
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "KEMP" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +Young company: Only 1.9 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2024-06-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01410 — SIC 01410

Registered office

A1 Marquis Court
Team Valley Trading Estate
Gateshead
NE11 0RU
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-28
Last: 2025-06-14

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

KEMP, Diane Mary
director · ~61y · appointed 2024-06-15
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Active
KEMP, Frederick Stephen
director · ~64y · appointed 2024-06-15
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Active
KEMP, Jonathon Stephen
director · ~38y · appointed 2024-06-15
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Active
KEMP, William Gordon
director · ~32y · appointed 2024-06-15
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Active

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Recent filings (3 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-16
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-06-15