DAGWOODLINNETTS LTD

🌳Matureactive

00964890 · ltd · incorporated 1969-10-28

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 33.6y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£2.09M

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Artistic creation

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 3 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 33.6y

50/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 33.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· 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

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

12 officers (6 active, 12 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

106 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £2,085,161

Net assets shrinking

Down £205,956 YoY

Cash YoY

-4%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£503k

↓ 4.1% YoY

Net Worth

£2.1m

↓ 9.0% YoY

Current Assets

£1.1m

↓ 29% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£2.10M	£2.32M
Current assets	£1.14M	£1.61M
Cash	£503.1k	£524.8k
Debtors	£637.3k	£1.09M
Net assets	£2.09M	£2.29M

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand

2026-01-27
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accounts · AA
2024-12-10
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accounts · AA
2024-09-04
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officers · CH01
2023-11-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-17
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officers · AP01
2021-12-16
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officers · CH03
2021-12-16
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-12-16
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-12-16
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-12-16
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officers · AP01
2021-12-16
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officers · AP01
2021-12-01
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LINNETT, Victoria Louise appointed
director
2021-12-01
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M.MILLER, Jonathan Robert appointed
director
2021-12-01
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USHER, Karen Lesley appointed
director
2021-01-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-29
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2020-11-20
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address · AD01
2020-01-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-11-28
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accounts · AA
2008-05-01
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Woburn Estate Company Limited and Bedford Estates Nominees Limited
2008-05-01
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Woburn Estate Company Limited and Bedford Estates Nominees Limited
1994-12-31
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MEDIOLI, Dante Tito resigned
director
1994-12-31
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MEDIOLI, Dorothy Victoria resigned
director
1992-12-07
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
1992-07-05
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BUTTERFIELD, June Christine resigned
director
1992-01-01
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MILLER, John Joseph appointed
secretary
1992-01-01
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BUTTERFIELD, June Christine appointed
director
1991-12-31
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GANDY, Alan Frederick resigned
secretary
1991-12-31
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GANDY, Alan Frederick resigned
director
1991-12-31
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GANDY, Wendy Ann resigned
director
1969-10-28
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Company incorporated
As DAGWOODLINNETTS LTD

Owner dependency

78/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "LINNETT" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+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

70/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 57 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr John Joseph Miller Individual · British · DOB 11/1944 · age 82	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mrs Anthea Lesley Miller Individual · British · DOB 10/1943 · age 83	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1969-10-28

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC90030 — Artistic creation

Registered office

1 Gemini Court 42a Throwley Way

Throwley Way

Sutton

SM1 4AF

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-07

Last: 2025-10-24