KENNING FISHING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC335513 · ltd · incorporated 2007-12-20
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 18.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 03110
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

6 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 18.2y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 18.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
6 charges (6/6 with lender, 6/6 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
67 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
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 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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-05-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-10-31
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-06-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-06-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-09-21
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  9. 2020-09-21
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  10. 2020-09-21
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  11. 2020-09-21
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  12. 2020-09-21
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  13. 2020-09-21
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    Charge satisfied #6
  14. 2020-09-21
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    Charge satisfied #5
  15. 2020-09-21
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    Charge satisfied #4
  16. 2020-09-21
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    Charge satisfied #3
  17. 2020-09-21
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    Charge satisfied #1
  18. 2020-07-31
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    officers · AP01
  19. 2020-07-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2020-05-31
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    KENNING, Elizabeth Graham appointed
    director
  21. 2020-05-21
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    capital · SH01
  22. 2019-05-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  23. 2016-11-30
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    KENNING, Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  24. 2013-10-29
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    Charge satisfied #2
  25. 2012-03-26
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    MACPHEE & PARTNERS resigned
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2008-07-16
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    Charge registered #6
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  27. 2008-07-16
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  28. 2008-07-16
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  29. 2008-07-16
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  30. 2008-07-16
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  31. 2008-02-27
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    MACPHEE & PARTNERS appointed
    corporate-secretary
  32. 2008-02-25
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    MORTON FRASER SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  33. 2008-01-29
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  34. 2008-01-17
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    MORTON FRASER DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  35. 2008-01-09
    ➕
    KENNING, Anthony Martin appointed
    director
  36. 2007-12-20
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    Company incorporated
    As KENNING FISHING LIMITED
  37. 2007-12-20
    ➕
    MORTON FRASER SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  38. 2007-12-20
    ➕
    MORTON FRASER DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "KENNING" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Anthony Martin Kenning
Individual · British · DOB 02/1960 · age 66
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2007-12-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC03110 — SIC 03110

Registered office

Studio 106 Embroidery Mill
Paisley
Renfrewshire
PA1 1TJ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-24
Last: 2025-10-10

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

KENNING, Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2016-11-30
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Active
KENNING, Anthony Martin→
director · ~66y · appointed 2008-01-09
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Active
KENNING, Elizabeth Graham→
director · ~70y · appointed 2020-05-31
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Active
MACPHEE & PARTNERS→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-02-27 · resigned 2012-03-26
Resigned
MORTON FRASER SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-12-20 · resigned 2008-02-25
Resigned
MORTON FRASER DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-12-20 · resigned 2008-01-17
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

6
Total charges
0
Outstanding
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Active lenders
Status:Lender:6 of 6 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Mortgage1 property16/07/200821/09/2020
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Mortgage1 property16/07/200821/09/2020
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Mortgage1 property16/07/200821/09/2020
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Mortgage1 property16/07/200821/09/2020
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Mortgage1 property16/07/200829/10/2013
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property29/01/200821/09/2020

Recent filings (67 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-02
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2020-09-21