KIRWIN BROTHERS LTD.
Company number 02388808 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Kirwin Brothers Ltd. demonstrates a robust commercial pulse with strong turnover, but its financial wellness is constrained by high liabilities and thin profit margins, likely exacerbated by rising raw material costs. The encouraging recovery in cash reserves from critical levels in 2024 to a healthier position in 2025 shows improved short-term liquidity, though the slight decline in net assets warrants attention. To ensure long-term vitality, the business must focus on protecting its margins, building larger cash buffers, and carefully managing its substantial debt load.
Shareholders' funds
£2,083,180
Balance sheet as at 2025-06-30
What it does
The principal activity of the company is that of wholesale fish merchants.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1989-05-24
- Employees
- 68 (2025 accounts · was 70 in 2024)
- Registered office
- North Quay, Fish Docks, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, DN31 3SY
- Postcode
- DN31 3SY
- Capital
- 10,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 3 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-06-30
- Next due by
- 2027-03-31
- Financial year end
- 30 June
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-03-30
- Next due by
- 2027-04-13
Nature of business (SIC)
- 46380 Wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs
Officers 7 current · 2 resigned
Group structure 3 subsidiaries
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| CONSOLS BUILDING, WHARNCLIFFE ROAD, FISH DOCKS,GRIMSBY, NORTH EAST LINCOLNSHIRE DN31 3QH | 2003-03-24 |
Among its peers
Top 10%
by shareholders' funds, of 50 similar companies in DN
3rd largest employer among its local peers (68 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1989.
Competitors Doncaster
This company ranks 4 among wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs in Doncaster.
The class of 1989
50%
of the 21,096 companies incorporated in 1989 are still active today; 44% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 3 titles
- Freehold
- 2
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2020-12-07
- Where
- North East Lincolnshire (3)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HS401478 | North East Lincolnshire | Freehold | 2020-12-07 | — |
| HS388736 | North East Lincolnshire | Freehold | 2017-08-21 | — |
| HS112213 | North East Lincolnshire | Leasehold | 2003-01-21 | — |
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