KENMURE FISHERIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC044129 · ltd · incorporated 1966-12-15

Investment thesis

Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.

Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.

Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 40.4y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Jan 2025

Net worth

£99.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Sector: Real estate

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 40.4y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 40.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

11 officers (2 active, 11 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

110 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £99,018

Net assets shrinking

Down £18,966 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£99k

↓ 16% YoY

Current Assets

£2k

↓ 88% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-01-31	2024-01-31
Total assets	£99.0k	£118.0k
Current assets	£1.6k	£12.7k
Net assets	£99.0k	£118.0k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand

2026-04-21
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officers · TM01
2026-02-02
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OGILVIE, Jeanette Thea resigned
director
2025-08-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-03
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address · AD01
2024-10-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-08-14
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accounts · AA
2020-05-26
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officers · CH01
2020-05-25
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-08-30
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accounts · AA
2018-08-03
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accounts · AA
2018-05-25
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GORDON, Kirsten Mary Johanne resigned
director
2018-05-25
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2017-06-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-06-27
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2017-06-13
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SCOTT, Gavin Stewart resigned
secretary
2017-01-10
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2017-01-04
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GORDON, Graeme Henry resigned
director
2011-01-28
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OGILVIE, Jeanette Thea appointed
director
2008-08-14
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COULTHARD, William George resigned
secretary
2008-08-14
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SCOTT, Gavin Stewart appointed
secretary
2008-08-14
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OGILVIE, Jeanette Thea resigned
director
2007-06-01
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GORDON, Fiona Mary appointed
director
2003-10-06
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Charge satisfied #1
2000-08-14
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COULTHARD, William George appointed
secretary
2000-08-14
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MILLAR, Archibald Douglas resigned
secretary
2000-08-14
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MILLAR, Archibald Douglas resigned
director
1999-12-01
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GORDON, Sarah Jane resigned
director
1999-06-07
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GORDON, Sarah Jane appointed
director
1985-12-13
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
1966-12-15
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Company incorporated
As KENMURE FISHERIES LIMITED

Owner dependency

91/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 59 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
James Henry Gordon Individual · British · DOB 12/1957 · age 69	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

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7 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

Incorporated1966-12-15

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

135 King Street

Castle Douglas

DG7 1LZ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-03

Last: 2025-05-20

Officers (2 active · 9 resigned)

GORDON, Fiona Mary→

director · ~59y · appointed 2007-06-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

GORDON, James Henry→

director · ~69y

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

COULTHARD, William George→

secretary · appointed 2000-08-14 · resigned 2008-08-14

Resigned

MILLAR, Archibald Douglas→

secretary · resigned 2000-08-14

Resigned

SCOTT, Gavin Stewart→

secretary · appointed 2008-08-14 · resigned 2017-06-13

Resigned

GORDON, Graeme Henry→

director · ~96y · resigned 2017-01-04

Resigned

GORDON, Kirsten Mary Johanne→

director · ~93y · resigned 2018-05-25

Resigned

GORDON, Sarah Jane→

director · ~61y · appointed 1999-06-07 · resigned 1999-12-01

Resigned

MILLAR, Archibald Douglas→

director · ~96y · resigned 2000-08-14

Resigned

OGILVIE, Jeanette Thea→

director · ~65y · appointed 2011-01-28 · resigned 2026-02-02

Resigned

OGILVIE, Jeanette Thea→

director · ~65y · resigned 2008-08-14

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	satisfied	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company	Floating charge	1 property	13/12/1985	06/10/2003

Recent filings (110 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2026-04-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-08-25

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2025-06-03