DRAGONFIRE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01937327 · ltd · incorporated 1985-08-08
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 31.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (80/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 31.2y

70/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 31.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 7 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
100 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£3k£5k£8k£11k£13kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets—£5.9k
Current assets—£13.2k
Cash—£9.3k
Debtors—£3.3k
Net assets—£348
Average employees2—

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-24
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  2. 2024-12-19
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  3. 2023-09-28
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  4. 2022-12-06
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  5. 2021-10-01
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  6. 2020-12-23
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  7. 2019-09-27
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  8. 2019-01-08
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  9. 2018-12-31
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    WEBB, Jonathan resigned
    director
  10. 2018-09-28
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  11. 2017-10-06
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  12. 2016-09-29
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  13. 2015-10-28
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  14. 2015-10-03
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  15. 2014-10-15
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  16. 2014-10-03
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  17. 2009-01-16
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    GOODWIN, Andrew Mark appointed
    secretary
  18. 2009-01-16
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    DENMAN, Robert Edward appointed
    director
  19. 2009-01-16
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    GOODWIN, Andrew Mark appointed
    director
  20. 2009-01-16
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    FIELDER, Andrew Gleed resigned
    secretary
  21. 2009-01-16
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    FIELDER, Andrew Gleed resigned
    director
  22. 2009-01-16
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    KATTE, Brenda Rosalind resigned
    director
  23. 2009-01-16
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    WEBB, Jonathan appointed
    director
  24. 2006-03-30
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    Charge satisfied #1
  25. 2006-03-22
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    Charge satisfied #2
  26. 2001-04-30
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    MORLEY, Philip David resigned
    director
  27. 1998-05-20
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Midland Bank PLC
  28. 1995-04-26
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  29. 1994-01-18
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    MUSSELL, David Danby resigned
    director
  30. 1994-01-01
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    MORLEY, Philip David appointed
    director
  31. 1985-08-08
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    Company incorporated
    As DRAGONFIRE LIMITED

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 41 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

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

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Merlin Fireworks Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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DRAGONFIRE LIMITED
This company · 01937327

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Merlin Fireworks Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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

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6 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
Incorporated1985-08-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93290 — Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Tuthill Rise
Stoke Lacy
Bromyard
Herefordshire
HR7 4QZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-20
Last: 2025-09-06

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

GOODWIN, Andrew Mark→
secretary · appointed 2009-01-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DENMAN, Robert Edward→
director · ~61y · appointed 2009-01-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GOODWIN, Andrew Mark→
director · ~61y · appointed 2009-01-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FIELDER, Andrew Gleed→
secretary · resigned 2009-01-16
Resigned
FIELDER, Andrew Gleed→
director · ~73y · resigned 2009-01-16
Resigned
KATTE, Brenda Rosalind→
director · ~74y · resigned 2009-01-16
Resigned
MORLEY, Philip David→
director · ~65y · appointed 1994-01-01 · resigned 2001-04-30
Resigned
MUSSELL, David Danby→
director · ~90y · resigned 1994-01-18
Resigned
WEBB, Jonathan→
director · ~62y · appointed 2009-01-16 · resigned 2018-12-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Midland Bank
Midland Bank PLC
Debenture1 property20/05/199822/03/2006
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Mortgage debenture1 property26/04/199530/03/2006

Recent filings (100 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-12
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-06
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-13
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-27
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-01-08