Three Jenssen Companies
Investigation document: Three Jenssen Companies
CRITICAL DISCOVERY: THREE JENSSEN COMPANIES IN NEW ZEALAND
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Date: 29 December 2025
Source: CompanyHub NZ Companies Search
THREE JENSSEN COMPANIES FOUND:
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- DELRANE JENSSEN HOLDINGS LIMITED
- Company No: 181245
- NZBN: 9429040136523
- Status: ACTIVE (still registered after 66 years!)
CRITICAL: This is the OLDEST company - registered in 1958
This predates QMS (1986) by 28 years
This could be the ORIGINAL Jenssen family holding company
- JENSSENS FISH SUPPLY LIMITED
- Company No: 1772065
- NZBN: 9429034288276
- Status: REMOVED
This is the company we found earlier at 188 Quay Street, Auckland
Directors: David Jens JENSSEN
Shareholders: David Jens JENSSEN, Jens Rhyder JENSSEN, Richard Jens JENSSEN
Went into insolvency 2014-2015
- JENSSEN FISH SUPPLY (2010) LIMITED
- Company No: 2401868
- NZBN: 9429031669368
- Status: ACTIVE (appears to still be registered)
This was registered AFTER the first Jenssens Fish Supply
Possibly a restructure after the original company had issues?
ANALYSIS:
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THE 1958 COMPANY IS KEY:
- "DELRANE JENSSEN HOLDINGS LIMITED" was registered in 1958
- This is the SAME YEAR the Jenco vessels were built in Norway
- This is likely the ORIGINAL family holding company
- "DELRANE" could be a family name or combination of names
TIMELINE:
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1958 - Delrane Jenssen Holdings registered (same year as Jenco vessels built)
1958 - Jenco fleet arrives from Norway
1967 - McKay starts at Dowling & Co
1982 - Charles Ashton registered
1983 - Deep Sea Fisheries first winding up
1986 - QMS introduced
1987 - Deep Sea II lost
1988 - Deep Sea Fisheries wound up
1991 - Jenssen v Director-General court case
2006 - Jenssens Fish Supply Limited registered
2010 - Jenssen Fish Supply (2010) Limited registered
2014-2015 - Jenssens Fish Supply insolvency
QUESTIONS:
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- Who are the directors/shareholders of Delrane Jenssen Holdings?
- Is Delrane Jenssen Holdings connected to the 1991 court case winner?
- Did assets flow from the original family to Delrane?
- What is the relationship between the three companies?
- Why is the 1958 company still active but the 2006 company was removed?
NEXT STEPS:
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- Get full details on Delrane Jenssen Holdings Limited
- Find the directors and shareholders
- Trace the ownership chain
- Determine if this is the entity that received the quota