DENMORE KITCHENS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC233152 · ltd · incorporated 2002-06-24
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
—
year to Aug 2024
Net worth
£-229.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of household goods (other than musical instruments) n.e.c.
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (76/100)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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
74 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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £229,380
Cash YoY
-17%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£61k
↓ 17% YoY
Net Worth
-£229k
↑ 18% YoY
Current Assets
£77k
↓ 27% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-08-31 | 2023-08-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-53.7k | £-14.2k |
| Current assets | £76.7k | £104.8k |
| Cash | £61.1k | £73.4k |
| Debtors | £3.5k | £3.9k |
| Net assets | £-229.4k | £-280.7k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 address
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 address
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-21📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-04-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-05📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2022-04-05📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-04-05📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2022-04-05📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-04-05📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-04-05📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2021-10-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-06📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-10-06📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-08-31➖THOMAS, Martin John resigneddirector
- 2021-03-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-05-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2003-09-01➕THOMAS, Martin John appointeddirector
- 2003-05-01➕ADD ACCOUNTANCY LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2003-05-01➖JM TAYLOR LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2002-06-26➖ADAM, Alison Margaret resigneddirector
- 2002-06-24🏢Company incorporatedAs DENMORE KITCHENS LIMITED
- 2002-06-24➕HOLT, Philip appointeddirector
- 2002-06-24➕SMITH, Beverley appointeddirector
- 2002-06-24➕JM TAYLOR LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2002-06-24➕ADAM, Alison Margaret appointeddirector
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
86/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Denmore Kitchens Trustees Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Denmore Kitchens Trustees Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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DENMORE KITCHENS LIMITED
This company · SC233152
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Denmore Kitchens Trustees Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · trust interest | 01/04/2022 |
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Philip Holtceased 01/04/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest
- Ms Beverley Anne Smithceased 01/04/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest
- Mr Martin John Thomasceased 31/08/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-06-24
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46499 — Wholesale of household goods (other than musical instruments) n.e.c.
Registered office
25a Market Place
Inverurie
Aberdeenshire
AB51 3PU
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-08
Last: 2025-06-24
Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)
ADD ACCOUNTANCY LIMITED→
Activecorporate-secretary · appointed 2003-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HOLT, Philip→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2002-06-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SMITH, Beverley→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2002-06-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
JM TAYLOR LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2002-06-24 · resigned 2003-05-01
ADAM, Alison Margaret→
Resigneddirector · ~67y · appointed 2002-06-24 · resigned 2002-06-26
THOMAS, Martin John→
Resigneddirector · ~74y · appointed 2003-09-01 · resigned 2021-08-31
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Recent filings (74 total)
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-19
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-04-05
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-04-05
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-04-05
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-04-05
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-04-05
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-26