CATHERINE KENNEDY LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC119112 · ltd · incorporated 1989-07-24
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 36.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2024
Net worth
£18.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Hairdressing and other beauty treatment
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). 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
1 live charge · oldest 36.0y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 36.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
87 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
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 £18,300
Net assets shrinking
Down £1,097 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£18k
↓ 5.7% YoY
Current Assets
£622
↓ 39% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2024-08-31 | 2023-08-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £18.3k | £20.5k |
| Current assets | £622 | £1.0k |
| Net assets | £18.3k | £19.4k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2025-05-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-06-15📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2023-06-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-05-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-05-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-05📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-04-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-07-21📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2016-05-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-08-31📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2003-08-01➕KENNEDY, Mark Antony appointedsecretary
- 2003-08-01➕KENNEDY, Mark Antony appointeddirector
- 2003-08-01➖KENNEDY, Hugh Francis resignedsecretary
- 2003-08-01➖KENNEDY, Hugh Francis resigneddirector
- 1990-04-17🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
- 1989-07-24🏢Company incorporatedAs CATHERINE KENNEDY LIMITED
Owner dependency
100/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "KENNEDY" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
96/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 37 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
cleanNo 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 · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Catherine Kennedy Individual · British · DOB 04/1952 · age 74 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% 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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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1989-07-24
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96020 — Hairdressing and other beauty treatment
Registered office
159d Netherton Road
Wishaw
ML2 0AR
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-04
Last: 2025-06-20
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
KENNEDY, Mark Antony→
Activesecretary · appointed 2003-08-01
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Active
KENNEDY, Mark Antony→
Activedirector · ~45y · appointed 2003-08-01
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KENNEDY, Hugh Francis→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2003-08-01
KENNEDY, Hugh Francis→
Resigneddirector · ~73y · resigned 2003-08-01
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company | Floating charge | 1 property | 17/04/1990 | — |
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Recent filings (87 total)
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2025-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-06-15
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-06-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-06-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-03
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-05-22