149 KENHIGH LLP

💤Zombieactive
OC366922 · llp · incorporated 2011-08-01
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 14.2y

15/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 14.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, no SIC, incorporation date
80
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
44 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

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

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-052024-04-05
Average employees100100

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-04
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  3. 2025-05-08
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
    persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC02
  4. 2025-05-07
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
    persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC04
  5. 2025-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-08-02
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  7. 2024-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-10-02
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  9. 2023-06-28
    📄
    change-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-date
    officers · LLCH01
  10. 2023-06-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
    persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC04
  11. 2023-01-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-08-16
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  13. 2022-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-08-03
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  15. 2021-02-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-08-10
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  17. 2020-01-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-08-16
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  19. 2019-01-21
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full-limited-liability-partnership
    mortgage · LLMR04
  20. 2019-01-21
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full-limited-liability-partnership
    mortgage · LLMR04
  21. 2019-01-21
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    Charge satisfied #4
  22. 2019-01-21
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    Charge satisfied #3
  23. 2018-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  24. 2018-08-23
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  25. 2017-12-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  26. 2017-08-07
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  27. 2016-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  28. 2012-07-24
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Santander UK PLC
  29. 2012-07-24
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Santander UK PLC
  30. 2012-02-07
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Prinhold Limited
  31. 2012-02-07
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Jonathan Beck
  32. 2011-08-01
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 149 KENHIGH LLP
  33. 2011-08-01
    ➕
    BECK, Jonathan Russell appointed
    llp-designated-member
  34. 2011-08-01
    ➕
    PRINHOLD LIMITED appointed
    corporate-llp-designated-member

Owner dependency

55/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +No director turnover: Company is 15 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

Red flags

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

Group structure

Prinhold Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Prinhold Limited
Corporate parent
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149 KENHIGH LLP
This company · OC366922

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Prinhold Limited
Corporate entity
—25–50%25-50% voting25/04/2025
Mr Jonathan Russell Beck
Individual · British · DOB 10/1967 · age 59
—25–50%75-100% 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
Typellp
Incorporated2011-08-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC—

Registered office

Radius House C/O Hillier Hopkins Llp
51 Clarendon Road
Watford
WD17 1HP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-05
Last made up to: 2025-04-05
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-15
Last: 2025-08-01

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BECK, Jonathan Russell→
llp-designated-member · ~59y · appointed 2011-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PRINHOLD LIMITED→
corporate-llp-designated-member · appointed 2011-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Santander
Santander UK PLC
Debenture1 property24/07/201221/01/2019
satisfied
Santander
Santander UK PLC
Legal charge1 property24/07/201221/01/2019
outstanding
Prinhold
Prinhold Limited
Mortgage1 property07/02/2012—
outstanding
Jonathan Beck
Mortgage1 property07/02/2012—
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Recent filings (44 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2025-08-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC02
2025-05-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC04
2025-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2024-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2023-10-02
change-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-date
officers · LLCH01
2023-06-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC04
2023-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2022-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2021-08-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-20