KENDA KNITWEAR LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC039703 · ltd · incorporated 1963-12-26
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with leveraged stack — refinance / partial-release angle.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Multiple lenders to manage; inter-creditor friction and partial-release cost possible.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 34.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 34.1y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 34.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
98 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-04-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-04-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-05-22📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2017-05-22📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2017-05-14➕GARCIA, Gail Susan appointeddirector
- 2017-05-14➕SNYDER, Karen Michelle appointeddirector
- 2016-06-29📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2016-04-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-02-23➖DAVIDSON, Kenneth Maurice resignedsecretary
- 2015-07-06➖DAVIDSON, Kenneth Maurice resigneddirector
- 1998-02-16🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 1996-10-25🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 1995-04-13🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 1995-04-11🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Bank Leumi (UK) PLC
- 1995-04-04🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Bank Leumi (UK) PLC
- 1992-04-13🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Tsb Bank Scotland PLC
- 1992-04-06🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Tsb Bank Scotland PLC
- 1963-12-26🏢Company incorporatedAs KENDA KNITWEAR LIMITED
Owner dependency
65/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
70/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 62 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
Red flags
1 med ·Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mrs Linda Davidson Individual · British · DOB 06/1947 · age 79 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 01/02/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1963-12-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47990 — Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
Registered office
7 Water Row
Glasgow
G51 3UW
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-08
Last: 2026-02-22
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
Active
GARCIA, Gail Susan→
Activedirector · ~49y · appointed 2017-05-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SNYDER, Karen Michelle→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2017-05-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DAVIDSON, Kenneth Maurice→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2016-02-23
DAVIDSON, Kenneth Maurice→
Resigneddirector · ~90y · resigned 2015-07-06
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Mortgages & charges
4
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Bank Leumi (UK) Bank Leumi (UK) PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 11/04/1995 | — | |
| satisfied | Bank Leumi (UK) Bank Leumi (UK) PLC | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 04/04/1995 | 16/02/1998 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Tsb Bank Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 13/04/1992 | 25/10/1996 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Tsb Bank Scotland PLC | Floating charge | 1 property | 06/04/1992 | 13/04/1995 |
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Recent filings (98 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-03