MESSRS JAMES KENNEDY LTD
Opportunity 73/100 (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: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £550.5k | £552.3k |
| Current assets | £439.6k | £470.6k |
| Net assets | £550.5k | £552.3k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
1 signal 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
- • 1 accounts
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-10-21📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-04📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-08📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2020-07-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-14📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2019-07-16📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2019-07-13➖KENNEDY, James resigneddirector
- 2019-07-03➕KENNEDY, Elizabeth appointeddirector
- 2018-12-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2013-08-02🏢Company incorporatedAs MESSRS JAMES KENNEDY LTD
- 2013-08-02➕KENNEDY, James appointeddirector
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "KENNEDY" — strong identity link between founder and business.
Succession & seller-readiness
Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
Red flags
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Elizabeth Kennedy Individual · British · DOB 08/1971 · age 55 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr James Kennedyceased 13/07/2019· 25-50% shares
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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