DELAHOPE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
00283560 · ltd · incorporated 1934-01-10
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 89.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 94-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 94). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 89.8y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 89.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
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
100 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
—
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-30
Average employees1

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-18
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2024-08-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-11-30
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2022-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-05-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-09-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2019-06-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-11-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2018-11-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2018-06-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-03-02
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  15. 2017-05-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-01-27
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    LAWSON, Heather appointed
    director
  17. 2016-01-27
    ➕
    MORGAN, Robert Ian appointed
    director
  18. 2009-04-17
    ➕
    MORGAN, Robert Ian appointed
    secretary
  19. 2009-04-17
    ➖
    WASS, Joseph Robert resigned
    secretary
  20. 2007-01-23
    ➖
    SAYERS, Arthur Douglas resigned
    director
  21. 1936-10-03
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Provincial Bank PLC
  22. 1934-01-10
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    Company incorporated
    As DELAHOPE LIMITED

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 94 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 94 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 93 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
Mrs Heather Lawson
Individual · British · DOB 01/1959 · age 67
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting13/09/2016
Mr Robert Ian Morgan
Individual · British · DOB 01/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting13/09/2016

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

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1934-01-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64999 — Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Registered office

Crown Chambers
Princes Street
Harrogate
North Yorkshire
HG1 1NJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-12
Last: 2025-09-28

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

MORGAN, Robert Ian→
secretary · appointed 2009-04-17
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Active
LAWSON, Heather→
director · ~67y · appointed 2016-01-27
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Active
MORGAN, Robert Ian→
director · ~67y · appointed 2016-01-27
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Active
SAYERS, Dorothy Bainbridge→
director · ~94y
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Active
WASS, Joseph Robert→
secretary · resigned 2009-04-17
Resigned
SAYERS, Arthur Douglas→
director · ~109y · resigned 2007-01-23
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Provincial Bank
National Provincial Bank PLC
Mortgage1 property03/10/1936—
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Recent filings (100 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-30
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-25
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-30