THE KITCHIN RESTAURANT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC440532 · ltd · incorporated 2013-01-17
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 12.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 12.2y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 12.2 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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
53 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.

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£0Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Average employees64006100

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-30
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  2. 2025-01-27
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    mortgage · MR01
  3. 2025-01-22
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  4. 2024-06-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-06-09
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-10-26
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    mortgage · MR04
  7. 2022-10-26
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    Charge satisfied #1
  8. 2022-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-05-17
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  10. 2022-05-17
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  11. 2022-05-17
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  12. 2022-05-17
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  13. 2021-11-22
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    officers · TM01
  14. 2021-11-22
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2021-11-14
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    NUBLAT, Philippe Yves Nicolas resigned
    director
  16. 2021-11-14
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    SOUTHCOTT, Veronica resigned
    director
  17. 2021-10-12
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  18. 2021-10-08
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    RANC, Sylvain resigned
    director
  19. 2021-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2020-07-06
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    accounts · AA01
  21. 2019-12-11
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    accounts · AA
  22. 2019-03-06
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    THORNTONS LAW LLP resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2019-03-06
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  24. 2017-12-01
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    RANC, Sylvain appointed
    director
  25. 2016-01-01
    ➕
    SOUTHCOTT, Veronica appointed
    director
  26. 2014-11-01
    ➖
    MURRAY DONALD LLP resigned
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2014-11-01
    ➕
    THORNTONS LAW LLP appointed
    corporate-secretary
  28. 2014-04-01
    ➕
    NUBLAT, Philippe Yves Nicolas appointed
    director
  29. 2014-01-30
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Aib Group (UK) PLC
  30. 2013-04-23
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    KITCHIN, Michaela Berselius appointed
    director
  31. 2013-04-23
    ➕
    KITCHIN, Ronald John Mclellan appointed
    director
  32. 2013-04-23
    ➕
    KITCHIN, Thomas William appointed
    director
  33. 2013-04-23
    ➖
    LANG, Alistair James resigned
    director
  34. 2013-01-17
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    Company incorporated
    As THE KITCHIN RESTAURANT LIMITED
  35. 2013-01-17
    ➕
    MURRAY DONALD LLP appointed
    corporate-secretary
  36. 2013-01-17
    ➕
    LANG, Alistair James appointed
    director

Owner dependency

88/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "KITCHIN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 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.)

Group structure

Tom Kitchin Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Tom Kitchin Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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THE KITCHIN RESTAURANT LIMITED
This company · SC440532

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Tom Kitchin Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mrs Michaela Berselius Kitchinceased 17/05/2022· significant influence
  • Mr Thomas William Kitchinceased 17/05/2022· significant influence
  • Mr Ronald John Mclellan Kitchinceased 17/05/2022· significant influence

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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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-01-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

Kitchin Head Office
108 Commercial Street, Leith
Edinburgh
EH6 6NF
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-01
Last: 2026-01-18

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

KITCHIN, Michaela Berselius→
director · ~51y · appointed 2013-04-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KITCHIN, Ronald John Mclellan→
director · ~79y · appointed 2013-04-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KITCHIN, Thomas William→
director · ~49y · appointed 2013-04-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MURRAY DONALD LLP→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2013-01-17 · resigned 2014-11-01
Resigned
THORNTONS LAW LLP→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2014-11-01 · resigned 2019-03-06
Resigned
LANG, Alistair James→
director · ~53y · appointed 2013-01-17 · resigned 2013-04-23
Resigned
NUBLAT, Philippe Yves Nicolas→
director · ~58y · appointed 2014-04-01 · resigned 2021-11-14
Resigned
RANC, Sylvain→
director · ~45y · appointed 2017-12-01 · resigned 2021-10-08
Resigned
SOUTHCOTT, Veronica→
director · ~60y · appointed 2016-01-01 · resigned 2021-11-14
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—22/01/2025—
satisfied
Aib Group (UK)
Aib Group (UK) PLC
A registered charge1 property30/01/201426/10/2022
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Recent filings (53 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-30
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-18
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-10-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-05-17
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-05-17
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-05-17
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-18