KENNEDY TRANSPORT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC221275 · ltd · incorporated 2001-07-16
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
64 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year 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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-31
Average employees200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-10-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-09-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-08-04
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  7. 2020-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-07-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2020-07-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2019-10-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-04-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-05-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-04-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-03-30
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  15. 2015-07-23
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2011-11-23
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    KENNEDY, Alexander George appointed
    director
  17. 2001-07-16
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    Company incorporated
    As KENNEDY TRANSPORT LIMITED
  18. 2001-07-16
    ➕
    KENNEDY, Alex George appointed
    secretary
  19. 2001-07-16
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    KENNEDY, John Brian appointed
    director
  20. 2001-07-16
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    ACS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2001-07-16
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    ACS SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2001-07-16
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    ACS NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2001-07-16
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    ACS NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

99/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "KENNEDY" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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 Alex Kennedy
Individual · British · DOB 04/1967 · age 59
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr John Kennedy
Individual · British · DOB 05/1968 · age 58
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2001-07-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

Sevenoaks
Newmachar
Aberdeen
AB21 7PP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-27
Last: 2025-07-13

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

KENNEDY, Alex George→
secretary · appointed 2001-07-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KENNEDY, Alexander George→
director · ~59y · appointed 2011-11-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KENNEDY, John Brian→
director · ~58y · appointed 2001-07-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ACS SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-07-16 · resigned 2001-07-16
Resigned
ACS NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-07-16 · resigned 2001-07-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (64 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-04
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2021-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-07-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-07-21