JOHN KERR & SON (DAIRYMEN) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC069602 · ltd · incorporated 1979-10-15

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 15.0y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other retail sale of food in specialised stores

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 15.0y

70/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 15.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

4 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared

Director network

12 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

126 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	7500	6600

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand

2026-02-11
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-02-11
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-09
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-02-06
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-02-05
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2024-01-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
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second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2023-11-28
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capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2023-11-22
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-11-22
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-01-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-18
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-18
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officers · CH01
2023-01-18
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-04-20
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address · AD01
2022-04-20
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-01-31
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-01-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-22
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-10-18
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2015-01-20
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KERR, John Kelvin Martin appointed
director
2015-01-20
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KERR, Rhys Alexsander appointed
director
2011-05-24
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1998-12-31
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KERR, Avril appointed
secretary
1998-12-31
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KERR, Avril appointed
director
1998-12-31
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KERR, John Alexander resigned
secretary
1998-12-31
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KERR, John Alexander resigned
director
1995-06-24
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KERR, John resigned
director
1992-09-01
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KERR, John Kelvin appointed
director
1979-10-15
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Company incorporated
As JOHN KERR & SON (DAIRYMEN) LIMITED

Owner dependency

88/100

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

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "KERR" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 34 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 47 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

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr John Kelvin Kerr Individual · British · DOB 07/1960 · age 66	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mrs Avril Kerr Individual · British · DOB 08/1963 · age 63	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mr John Kelvin Martin Kerr Individual · British · DOB 08/1984 · age 42	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	25/10/2021
Mr Rhys Alexsander Kerr Individual · British · DOB 01/1988 · age 38	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	25/10/2021

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Rhys Alexander Kerrceased 25/10/2021· significant influence

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1979-10-15

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC47290 — Other retail sale of food in specialised stores

Registered office

2 Ash Street, Dundee

Ash Street

Dundee

DD1 5AR

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-29

Last: 2025-12-15