DALESGATE PRESS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01728903 · ltd · incorporated 1983-06-03
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
£8.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 18129
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
115 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £8,000

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£8k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£8k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£2k£3k£5k£6k£8kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£8.0k£8.0k
Current assets£8.0k£8.0k
Net assets£8.0k£8.0k

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
1
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  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-10-30
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  4. 2025-10-29
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  5. 2025-10-29
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  12. 2025-06-19
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  13. 2025-03-28
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  14. 2023-11-22
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
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  15. 2023-11-21
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2023-11-21
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  17. 2023-11-21
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  18. 2023-11-21
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  19. 2023-11-21
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  20. 2023-11-21
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  21. 2023-11-21
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  22. 2023-11-21
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  23. 2023-08-31
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    MOORHOUSE, Philip resigned
    secretary
  24. 2023-08-10
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    SCHOFIELD, Alan appointed
    director
  25. 2023-08-10
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    SCHOFIELD, Letitia appointed
    director
  26. 2023-08-10
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    BRADLEY, Gareth Robert resigned
    director
  27. 2023-08-10
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    MOORHOUSE, Gillian Carol resigned
    director
  28. 2023-08-10
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    MOORHOUSE, Philip resigned
    director
  29. 2003-04-05
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    BRADLEY, Helen Caroline resigned
    director
  30. 1999-05-17
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    BRADLEY, Helen Caroline appointed
    director
  31. 1999-05-17
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    MOORHOUSE, Gillian Carol appointed
    director
  32. 1983-06-03
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    Company incorporated
    As DALESGATE PRESS LIMITED

Owner dependency

81/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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
Letitia Schofield
Individual · British · DOB 08/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting10/08/2023
Alan Schofield
Individual · British · DOB 08/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting10/08/2023
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Gareth Robert Bradleyceased 31/08/2023· 25-50% shares
  • Mr Philip Moorhouseceased 10/08/2023· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated1983-06-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC18129 — SIC 18129

Registered office

Rear 23 Market Place
Ripon
North Yorkshire
HG4 1BN
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-29
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-27
Last: 2025-10-13

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

SCHOFIELD, Alan→
director · ~67y · appointed 2023-08-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SCHOFIELD, Letitia→
director · ~60y · appointed 2023-08-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MOORHOUSE, Philip→
secretary · resigned 2023-08-31
Resigned
BRADLEY, Gareth Robert→
director · ~69y · resigned 2023-08-10
Resigned
BRADLEY, Helen Caroline→
director · ~66y · appointed 1999-05-17 · resigned 2003-04-05
Resigned
MOORHOUSE, Gillian Carol→
director · ~64y · appointed 1999-05-17 · resigned 2023-08-10
Resigned
MOORHOUSE, Philip→
director · ~66y · resigned 2023-08-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (115 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-29
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-10-29
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-10-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-19
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-08