KENNA CONSULTANTS LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC399444 · ltd · incorporated 2011-05-12
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 14.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£-13.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Unlicenced restaurants and cafes
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 14.8y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 14.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
38 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
70
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 · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £13,138
Cash YoY
-8%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£12k
↓ 8.0% YoY
Net Worth
-£13k
↑ 57% YoY
Current Assets
£21k
↓ 4.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£31k-£20k-£9k£1k£12k£22kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£-1.8k£4.4k
Current assets£21.4k£22.5k
Cash£11.7k£12.7k
Debtors£6.0k£6.3k
Net assets£-13.1k£-30.7k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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

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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-02
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  2. 2024-09-05
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  3. 2023-09-14
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  4. 2022-09-08
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  5. 2021-09-24
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  6. 2021-05-13
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  7. 2021-05-01
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    KENNA, Charles Andrew appointed
    director
  8. 2020-12-02
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  9. 2020-03-26
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  10. 2020-03-13
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    KENNA, Charles Andrew resigned
    director
  11. 2019-12-12
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  12. 2018-08-22
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  13. 2017-09-08
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  14. 2017-08-31
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  15. 2016-11-24
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  16. 2016-05-16
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  17. 2015-10-29
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  18. 2011-08-01
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    KENNA, Charles Andrew appointed
    director
  19. 2011-08-01
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    KENNA, Charles Andrew resigned
    director
  20. 2011-07-01
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  21. 2011-05-12
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    Company incorporated
    As KENNA CONSULTANTS LTD
  22. 2011-05-12
    ➕
    KENNA, Alison Margaret appointed
    director
  23. 2011-05-12
    ➕
    KENNA, Charles Andrew appointed
    director

Owner dependency

89/100
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 "KENNA" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Alison Margaret Kenna
Individual · British · DOB 08/1966 · age 60
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
Mr Charles Andrew Kenna
Individual · British · DOB 04/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2011-05-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56102 — Unlicenced restaurants and cafes

Registered office

39 Balvenie Drive
Carfin
Motherwell
Lanarkshire
ML1 4FG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-27
Last: 2025-05-13

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

KENNA, Alison Margaret→
director · ~60y · appointed 2011-05-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KENNA, Charles Andrew→
director · ~60y · appointed 2021-05-01
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Active
KENNA, Charles Andrew→
director · ~60y · appointed 2011-08-01 · resigned 2011-08-01
Resigned
KENNA, Charles Andrew→
director · ~60y · appointed 2011-05-12 · resigned 2020-03-13
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Floating charge1 property01/07/2011—
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Recent filings (38 total)

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2025-09-02
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-19
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2024-09-05
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2024-05-13
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accounts · AA
2023-09-14
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-23
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2022-09-08
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-17
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accounts · AA
2021-09-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-17
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-14
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officers · AP01
2021-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-03-26