DAWES ELECTRICIANS LTD

💤Zombieactive
01736189 · ltd · incorporated 1983-07-01
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35140
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. 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
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
102 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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees1100

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-10
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-10-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-11-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-11-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2019-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-12-21
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-12-06
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    address · AD01
  11. 2017-12-18
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-07-11
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    officers · TM02
  13. 2017-05-11
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  14. 2017-05-08
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    STANTON, Diana resigned
    secretary
  15. 2016-09-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-09-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-01-01
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    VARNDELL DAWES, Paula resigned
    director
  18. 2005-11-01
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    DAWES, Martin William appointed
    director
  19. 2005-11-01
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    STANTON, Max Otto resigned
    director
  20. 2005-11-01
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    TAYLOR-THOMAS, Mark Ross resigned
    director
  21. 2005-11-01
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    VARNDELL DAWES, Paula appointed
    director
  22. 1983-07-01
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    Company incorporated
    As DAWES ELECTRICIANS LTD

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "DAWES" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
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 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 43 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Martin William Dawes
Individual · British · DOB 10/1962 · age 64
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1983-07-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC35140 — SIC 35140

Registered office

1st Floor, Units 3 & 4 Cranmere Court Lustleigh Close
Matford Business Park
Exeter
Devon
EX2 8PW
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-15
Last: 2025-07-01

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

DAWES, Martin William→
director · ~64y · appointed 2005-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STANTON, Diana→
secretary · resigned 2017-05-08
Resigned
STANTON, Max Otto→
director · ~97y · resigned 2005-11-01
Resigned
TAYLOR-THOMAS, Mark Ross→
director · ~84y · resigned 2005-11-01
Resigned
VARNDELL DAWES, Paula→
director · ~61y · appointed 2005-11-01 · resigned 2015-01-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (102 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-17