KENNEDY & MORRISON LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
R0000458 · ltd · incorporated 1909-05-28
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 32.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46620
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 46720SIC 46720
  • 46740SIC 46740
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (72/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 32.5y

70/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 32.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
207 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees30003100

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 miscellaneous
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 miscellaneous
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-24
    📄
    legacy
    miscellaneous · RP01PSC01
  2. 2025-09-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-07-02
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-07-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-11-17
    📄
    auditors-resignation-company
    auditors · AUD
  6. 2023-10-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-04-04
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2023-04-04
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  9. 2022-12-15
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2022-12-08
    ➖
    LOWRY, John Charles resigned
    director
  11. 2022-09-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-08-31
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2021-09-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-12-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-09-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-09-10
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-10-02
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-07-01
    ➕
    LOWRY, Christopher Thomas John appointed
    secretary
  19. 2016-06-30
    ➖
    SIBBETT, Robert Mackie resigned
    secretary
  20. 2009-03-27
    ➖
    MITCHELL, Brian resigned
    director
  21. 2006-05-09
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #2
  22. 2004-12-24
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #1
  23. 2003-01-01
    ➕
    HAMILTON, Alan William appointed
    director
  24. 2000-11-10
    ➖
    STEWART, Neil resigned
    director
  25. 2000-03-01
    ➕
    STEWART, Neil appointed
    director
  26. 1994-01-01
    ➕
    LOWRY, Christopher Thomas John appointed
    director
  27. 1993-12-03
    🔒
    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Ulster Investment Bank Limited
  28. 1993-12-03
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Ulster Bank Limited
  29. 1986-01-01
    ➕
    SIBBETT, Robert Mackie appointed
    secretary
  30. 1968-01-01
    ➕
    LOWRY, John Charles appointed
    director
  31. 1909-05-28
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As KENNEDY & MORRISON LIMITED
  32. 1909-05-28
    ➕
    MITCHELL, Brian appointed
    director

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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 117 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Christopher Thomas John Lowry
Individual · British · DOB 03/1968 · age 58
25–50%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control · trust interest05/01/2023
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr John Charles Lowryceased 05/01/2023· 50-75% shares · trust interest

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

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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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1909-05-28
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC46620 — SIC 46620

Registered office

29-33 Boucher Road
Belfast
BT12 6QF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-13
Last: 2025-08-30

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

LOWRY, Christopher Thomas John→
secretary · appointed 2016-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HAMILTON, Alan William→
director · ~60y · appointed 2003-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LOWRY, Christopher Thomas John→
director · ~58y · appointed 1994-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SIBBETT, Robert Mackie→
secretary · appointed 1986-01-01 · resigned 2016-06-30
Resigned
LOWRY, John Charles→
director · ~88y · appointed 1968-01-01 · resigned 2022-12-08
Resigned
MITCHELL, Brian→
director · ~83y · appointed 1909-05-28 · resigned 2009-03-27
Resigned
STEWART, Neil→
director · ~61y · appointed 2000-03-01 · resigned 2000-11-10
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Ulster Investment Bank
Ulster Investment Bank Limited
Debenture1 property03/12/199309/05/2006
satisfied
NatWest Group
Ulster Bank Limited
Mortgage or charge1 property03/12/199324/12/2004

Recent filings (207 total)

legacy
miscellaneous · RP01PSC01
2026-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-05
auditors-resignation-company
auditors · AUD
2023-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-30
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-04-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-04-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-08-31