KINETIQ FRYING SYSTEMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC353850 · ltd · incorporated 2009-01-22

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jan 2025

Net worth

£-93.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 28990

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

11 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

52 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £93,943

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£94k

↑ 37% YoY

Current Assets

£1k

~ 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	£-93.9k	£-149.1k
Current assets	£1.2k	£1.2k
Net assets	£-93.9k	£-149.1k

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2025-10-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-27
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-10-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-06-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-08-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-01-22
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2017-11-20
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2017-10-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-08-11
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2017-08-11
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2016-10-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-01-29
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DOW, Ross appointed
director
2010-07-08
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DOW, Ross appointed
secretary
2009-01-22
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Company incorporated
As KINETIQ FRYING SYSTEMS LIMITED
2009-01-22
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CLAYSON, Andrew appointed
director

Owner dependency

83/100

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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

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 73 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 17 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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
Mr Andrew Clayson Individual · British · DOB 09/1958 · age 68	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Ravenbridge Global Limitedceased 20/11/2017· 25-50% shares

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

Incorporated2009-01-22

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC28990 — SIC 28990

Registered office

2c Bingham Terrace

Dundee

DD4 7HH

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-05

Last: 2026-01-22

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

DOW, Ross→

secretary · appointed 2010-07-08

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Active

CLAYSON, Andrew→

director · ~68y · appointed 2009-01-22

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Active

DOW, Ross→

director · ~73y · appointed 2016-01-29

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Active

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Recent filings (52 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-01-31

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-10-31

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

address · AD01

2025-03-27

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-01-28

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-10-31

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-02-01

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-10-31

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-02-02

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-10-13

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-01-26

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2021-10-21

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-01-28

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2020-10-30

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-02-05

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2019-06-14