PRIME CUTS BUTCHERS CUMNOCK LTD

💤Zombieactive

SC554847 · ltd · incorporated 2017-01-18

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.

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

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Aug 2025

Net worth

£48.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

71/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other retail sale of food in specialised stores

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (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: high (85/100)

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Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

26 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

71/100Strong

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Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £48,467

Cash YoY

-1%

Year on year

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£14k

~ YoY

Net Worth

£48k

↑ 10% YoY

Current Assets

£84k

↓ 8.7% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-08-31	2024-08-31	2023-08-31
Total assets	£48.9k	£70.5k	£54.8k
Current assets	£84.5k	£92.6k	£84.1k
Cash	£13.8k	£13.9k	£6.9k
Debtors	£69.6k	£77.6k	£74.1k
Net assets	£48.5k	£44.0k	£23.4k

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

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand

2026-05-28
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accounts · AA
2025-08-27
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accounts · AA
2024-08-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-27
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-10-27
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-10-27
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2020-08-31
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accounts · AA
2020-08-24
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address · AD01
2019-05-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-05-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-02-01
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-06-14
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2017-06-14
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2017-01-18
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Company incorporated
As PRIME CUTS BUTCHERS CUMNOCK LTD
2017-01-18
➕
KENNEDY, John Michael appointed
director

Owner dependency

80/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr John Michael Kennedy Individual · British · DOB 05/1970 · age 56	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	27/10/2020

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr John Michael Kennedyceased 27/10/2020· 75-100% 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

Incorporated2017-01-18

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC47290 — Other retail sale of food in specialised stores

Registered office

6 Miller Road

Ayr

KA7 2AY

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last: 2026-01-17

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

KENNEDY, John Michael→

director · ~56y · appointed 2017-01-18

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