KENKOH EUROPE LTD.
🌳Matureactive
SC396145 · ltd · incorporated 2011-03-23
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to May 2025
Net worth
£-339.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of footwear in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -75% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
54 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £339,890
Cash draining
Cash down 75% YoY
Cash YoY
-75%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£23k
↓ 75% YoY
Net Worth
-£340k
↓ 152% YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash | £23.3k | £94.2k |
| Net assets | £-339.9k | £-134.9k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-01📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2026-02-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduaryaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-29📄legacyaccounts · PARENT_ACC
- 2024-04-15📄legacyother · AGREEMENT2
- 2024-04-15📄legacyother · GUARANTEE2
- 2023-09-26📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2023-09-26📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-09-26📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-04-05📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2023-03-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduaryaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-01📄legacyaccounts · PARENT_ACC
- 2023-03-01📄legacyother · AGREEMENT2
- 2023-03-01📄legacyother · GUARANTEE2
- 2022-09-07📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-09-01➕ANTLIFF, Mark Whitelaw appointeddirector
- 2021-10-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-07📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2020-09-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-02-12➖ANTLIFF, Mark Whitelaw resigneddirector
- 2015-07-01➕ANTLIFF, Mark Whitelaw appointeddirector
- 2011-03-23🏢Company incorporatedAs KENKOH EUROPE LTD.
- 2011-03-23➕ANTLIFF, Jennifer Margaret appointeddirector
- 2011-03-23➕BRIAN REID LTD. appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2011-03-23➖BRIAN REID LTD. resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2011-03-23➕MABBOTT, Stephen George appointeddirector
- 2011-03-23➖MABBOTT, Stephen George resigneddirector
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
59/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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.)
Group structure
2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.
🏛️ultimate parent
The Works Factory Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
🏛️ultimate parent
The Works Factory Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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KENKOH EUROPE LTD.
This company · SC396145
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
The Works Factory Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 31/05/2023 |
The Works Factory Ltd Corporate entity | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 31/05/2023 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Skuvue Limitedceased 31/05/2023· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting
- Mrs Jen Antliffceased 01/06/2021· 75-100% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-03-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47721 — Retail sale of footwear in specialised stores
Registered office
19 Law Place
Nerston Industrial Estate, East Kilbride
Glasgow
G74 4QL
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-06
Last: 2026-03-23
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
ANTLIFF, Jennifer Margaret→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2011-03-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ANTLIFF, Mark Whitelaw→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2022-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BRIAN REID LTD.→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2011-03-23 · resigned 2011-03-23
ANTLIFF, Mark Whitelaw→
Resigneddirector · ~57y · appointed 2015-07-01 · resigned 2016-02-12
MABBOTT, Stephen George→
Resigneddirector · ~76y · appointed 2011-03-23 · resigned 2011-03-23
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Recent filings (54 total)
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduary
accounts · AA
2024-04-29
legacy
accounts · PARENT_ACC
2024-04-29
legacy
other · AGREEMENT2
2024-04-15
legacy
other · GUARANTEE2
2024-04-15
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-09-26
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-09-26
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-09-26
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-04-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-05