DEALVIC FINANCE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
00560794 · ltd · incorporated 1956-02-01
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 54.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
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 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 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

2 live charges · oldest 54.8y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 54.8 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: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
117 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£202k£404k£606k£808k£1.0mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£858.9k
Current assets£1.01M
Cash£7.9k
Debtors£63.0k
Net assets£858.9k
Average employees3

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-19
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    mortgage-charge-whole-cease-and-release-with-charge-number
    mortgage · MR05
  3. 2025-09-19
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    mortgage-charge-whole-cease-and-release-with-charge-number
    mortgage · MR05
  4. 2025-06-09
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2025-03-23
    CATON, John resigned
    director
  6. 2024-07-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-07-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-08-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-02-09
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  10. 2021-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-07-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-08-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-07-28
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2017-07-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-05-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2007-08-29
    CATON, Susan Jane appointed
    secretary
  18. 2007-08-29
    CATON, Angela Mildred resigned
    secretary
  19. 2006-05-15
    CATON, John Charles resigned
    director
  20. 2006-05-01
    JONES, David Gwynne resigned
    director
  21. 1995-08-08
    CATON, Michael Henry appointed
    director
  22. 1995-08-07
    CATON, Susan Jane appointed
    director
  23. 1972-09-01
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  24. 1971-08-06
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  25. 1956-02-01
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    Company incorporated
    As DEALVIC FINANCE LIMITED

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 70 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.)

Group structure

Valemoon Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Valemoon Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
DEALVIC FINANCE LIMITED
This company · 00560794

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Valemoon Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75-100% shares25/07/2016
Miss Susan Jane Caton
Individual · British · DOB 08/1967 · age 59
board controlboard control25/07/2017

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
Incorporated1956-02-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64999 — Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Registered office

Green View Links Lane
Pleasington
Blackburn
BB2 5JL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-08
Last: 2025-07-25

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

CATON, Susan Jane
secretary · appointed 2007-08-29
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Active
CATON, Angela Mildred
director · ~83y
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Active
CATON, Michael Henry
director · ~56y · appointed 1995-08-08
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Active
CATON, Susan Jane
director · ~59y · appointed 1995-08-07
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Active
CATON, Angela Mildred
secretary · resigned 2007-08-29
Resigned
CATON, John Charles
director · ~61y · resigned 2006-05-15
Resigned
CATON, John
director · ~90y · resigned 2025-03-23
Resigned
JONES, David Gwynne
director · ~82y · resigned 2006-05-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property01/09/1972
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Debenture1 property06/08/1971
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Recent filings (117 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-25
mortgage-charge-whole-cease-and-release-with-charge-number
mortgage · MR05
2025-09-19
mortgage-charge-whole-cease-and-release-with-charge-number
mortgage · MR05
2025-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-25
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-07-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-08-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-25
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-02-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-27