DENMORE KITCHENS TRUSTEES LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC727404 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2022-03-24
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Aug 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
67/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 67/100 (strong), bankability 60/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
11 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
67/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-25
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2024-11-25
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2024-11-21
    MORRICE, Steven Neale resigned
    director
  5. 2024-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-04-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2023-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-03-24
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As DENMORE KITCHENS TRUSTEES LIMITED
  9. 2022-03-24
    MILNE, Jenna appointed
    director
  10. 2022-03-24
    THOMAS, Martin John appointed
    director
  11. 2022-03-24
    MORRICE, Steven Neale appointed
    director
  12. 2022-03-24
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  13. 2022-03-24
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material 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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-04-06

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Martin John Thomas
Individual · British · DOB 08/1952 · age 74
25–50%25-50% voting24/03/2022
Jenna Milne
Individual · British · DOB 06/1991 · age 35
25–50%25-50% voting24/03/2022
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Steven Neale Morriceceased 21/11/2024· 25-50% voting

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2022-03-24
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

6 Market Square
Oldmeldrum
Inverurie
Aberdeenshire
AB51 0AA
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-04-06OVERDUE
Last: 2025-03-23

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

MILNE, Jenna
director · ~35y · appointed 2022-03-24
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Active
THOMAS, Martin John
director · ~74y · appointed 2022-03-24
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Active
MORRICE, Steven Neale
director · ~42y · appointed 2022-03-24 · resigned 2024-11-21
Resigned

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Recent filings (11 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-02
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-11-25
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-29
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-03-24
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-03-24