KENWIL LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC199431 · ltd · incorporated 1999-09-01
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Turnover
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 18129
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
75 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Net Worth
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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 employees9001000

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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
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Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  3. 2023-06-17
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  4. 2022-09-06
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  5. 2022-09-06
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  6. 2022-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  8. 2020-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-10-02
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    officers · AP01
  10. 2019-10-02
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2019-10-02
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    officers · TM01
  12. 2019-10-02
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  13. 2019-09-30
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    WILSON, Scott William appointed
    director
  14. 2019-09-30
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    WILSON, William resigned
    director
  15. 2019-09-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2019-09-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2019-09-03
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  18. 2019-09-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  19. 2019-09-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  20. 2019-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  21. 2005-02-01
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    FRENCH, Kenneth John Reid appointed
    director
  22. 1999-09-01
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    Company incorporated
    As KENWIL LTD.
  23. 1999-09-01
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    FRENCH, Kenneth John Reid appointed
    secretary
  24. 1999-09-01
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1999-09-01
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1999-09-01
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    WILSON, William appointed
    director

Owner dependency

68/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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
Mr Scott William Wilson
Individual · British · DOB 03/1981 · age 45
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/09/2019
Mr Kenneth John Reid French
Individual · British · DOB 11/1969 · age 57
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr William Wilsonceased 30/09/2019· 25-50% shares

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-09-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC18129 — SIC 18129

Registered office

Torridon House Torridon Lane
Rosyth
Dunfermline
Fife
KY11 2EU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-15
Last: 2025-09-01

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

FRENCH, Kenneth John Reid→
secretary · appointed 1999-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FRENCH, Kenneth John Reid→
director · ~57y · appointed 2005-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILSON, Scott William→
director · ~45y · appointed 2019-09-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-09-01 · resigned 1999-09-01
Resigned
WILSON, William→
director · ~75y · appointed 1999-09-01 · resigned 2019-09-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (75 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-09-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-24
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-10-02