D.J. MILES & CO LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01578741 · ltd · incorporated 1981-08-07
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£1.60M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10831
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 10832SIC 10832
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 57/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (45/100).

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Refinance opportunity

13 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 32.3y

25/100
too messy

Structure is too messy for a clean refinance right now — clean up first or expect bespoke terms.

  • · Oldest live charge is 32.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 50/100 (high).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
13 charges (13/13 with lender, 13/13 with type)
90
Directors & officers
11 officers (4 active, 11 linked, 9 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
147 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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
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 £1,603,602
Cash YoY
+40%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£367k
↑ 40% YoY
Net Worth
£1.6m
↑ 6.4% YoY
Current Assets
£1.2m
↑ 16% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£321k£641k£962k£1.3m£1.6mNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£1.65M£1.55M
Current assets£1.22M£1.05M
Cash£367.2k£262.7k
Debtors£217.0k£226.9k
Net assets£1.60M£1.51M

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (54 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-28
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2025-04-28
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2025-04-15
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    MILES, Derek John resigned
    director
  5. 2024-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-03-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2023-03-14
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  9. 2023-03-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2022-12-06
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2022-12-05
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    CRIDGE, John Oliver Gordon resigned
    director
  12. 2022-08-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-12-16
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2021-12-14
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    LAWRENCE, Matthew Michael appointed
    director
  15. 2021-08-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-07-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2020-07-14
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  19. 2020-07-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  20. 2019-11-18
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    MARLEY, Phillip John appointed
    director
  21. 2019-11-18
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  22. 2019-04-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  23. 2015-10-15
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    MARSH, Paul Stradling resigned
    director
  24. 2014-09-01
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    CRIDGE, John Oliver Gordon appointed
    director
  25. 2013-10-28
    ➖
    HALLS, Douglas Albert Norman resigned
    director
  26. 2010-05-13
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    Charge registered #13
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  27. 2003-07-14
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    Charge satisfied #9
  28. 2003-07-14
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    Charge satisfied #8
  29. 2003-07-14
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    Charge satisfied #7
  30. 2003-07-14
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    Charge satisfied #6
  31. 1997-11-30
    ➖
    HALLS, Brenda Mary resigned
    director
  32. 1997-11-30
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    MILES, Mary Meredith resigned
    director
  33. 1997-01-03
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #5
  34. 1997-01-03
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    Charge satisfied #4
  35. 1997-01-03
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    Charge satisfied #3
  36. 1997-01-03
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    Charge satisfied #2
  37. 1997-01-03
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    Charge satisfied #1
  38. 1996-02-08
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    Charge registered #12
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  39. 1996-02-08
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    Charge registered #11
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  40. 1996-02-08
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    Charge registered #10
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  41. 1996-02-08
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    Charge registered #9
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  42. 1996-02-08
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    Charge registered #8
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  43. 1996-02-08
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    Charge registered #7
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  44. 1995-11-01
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    MARSH, Paul Stradling appointed
    director
  45. 1993-12-22
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    Charge registered #6
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  46. 1993-12-22
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  47. 1993-12-22
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  48. 1993-12-22
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  49. 1993-12-22
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  50. 1993-12-22
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
Showing most recent 50 of 54 events

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 45 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

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John Anthony Halls
Individual · British · DOB 01/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/11/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Derek John Milesceased 15/04/2025· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting

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

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8 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
Incorporated1981-08-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10831 — SIC 10831

Registered office

Vale Yard
High Street
Porlock
Somerset
TA24 8PU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-24
Last: 2026-04-10

Officers (4 active · 7 resigned)

HALLS, John Anthony→
secretary · appointed 1993-12-01
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Active
HALLS, John Anthony→
director · ~65y · appointed 1993-12-01
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Active
LAWRENCE, Matthew Michael→
director · ~52y · appointed 2021-12-14
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Active
MARLEY, Phillip John→
director · ~63y · appointed 2019-11-18
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Active
HALLS, Brenda Mary→
secretary · resigned 1993-11-30
Resigned
CRIDGE, John Oliver Gordon→
director · ~63y · appointed 2014-09-01 · resigned 2022-12-05
Resigned
HALLS, Brenda Mary→
director · ~94y · resigned 1997-11-30
Resigned
HALLS, Douglas Albert Norman→
director · ~101y · resigned 2013-10-28
Resigned
MARSH, Paul Stradling→
director · ~67y · appointed 1995-11-01 · resigned 2015-10-15
Resigned
MILES, Derek John→
director · ~95y · resigned 2025-04-15
Resigned
MILES, Mary Meredith→
director · ~90y · resigned 1997-11-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

13
Total charges
4
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:13 of 13 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
Debenture1 property13/05/2010—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
Legal mortgage1 property08/02/1996—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
Legal mortgage1 property08/02/1996—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
Legal mortgage1 property08/02/1996—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
Single debenture1 property08/02/199614/07/2003
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
Legal mortgage4 properties08/02/199614/07/2003
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
Legal mortgage3 properties08/02/199614/07/2003
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal mortgage1 property22/12/199314/07/2003
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal mortgage1 property22/12/199303/01/1997
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal mortgage1 property22/12/199303/01/1997
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal mortgage1 property22/12/199303/01/1997
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Mortgage debenture1 property22/12/199303/01/1997
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal mortgage1 property22/12/199303/01/1997
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Recent filings (147 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-21
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-04-28
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-14
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-03-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-03-14
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-21