DORRINGTON DERWENT HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02355611 · ltd · incorporated 1989-03-06
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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not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 88-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 88). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (61/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
12 officers (7 active, 12 linked, 11 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
38 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
131 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

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 (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2023-02-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2022-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-02-22
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2022-02-22
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2022-01-20
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2022-01-18
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    GIBLIN, Andrew Richard appointed
    director
  11. 2022-01-18
    ➕
    HARRIS, Robert appointed
    director
  12. 2022-01-18
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    LEIBOWITZ, Alan Jay resigned
    director
  13. 2021-10-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-04-22
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2021-04-01
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    MOROSS, Trevor resigned
    director
  16. 2021-03-15
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2021-03-15
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  18. 2021-02-26
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    GEORGE, Nigel Quentin appointed
    director
  19. 2021-02-26
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    SILVER, Simon Paul resigned
    director
  20. 2020-10-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2019-10-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2019-07-10
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  23. 2019-07-10
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  24. 2019-05-17
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    WILLIAMS, Paul Malcolm appointed
    director
  25. 2019-05-17
    ➖
    BURNS, John David resigned
    director
  26. 2010-02-01
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    WISNIEWSKI, Damian Mark Alan appointed
    director
  27. 2010-02-01
    ➖
    ODOM, Christopher James resigned
    director
  28. 1991-10-01
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    MOROSS, Trevor appointed
    director
  29. 1989-03-06
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As DORRINGTON DERWENT HOLDINGS LIMITED

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 88 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 88 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 37 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

Dorrington Investment Plc holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

🏛️
Dorrington Investment Plc
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares · board control
significant stake
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DORRINGTON DERWENT HOLDINGS LIMITED
This company · 02355611

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
Dorrington Investment Plc
Corporate entity
25–50%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1989-03-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

16 Hans Road
London
SW3 1RT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-04
Last: 2026-04-20

Officers (7 active · 5 resigned)

HANOVER MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary
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Active
GEORGE, Nigel Quentin→
director · ~63y · appointed 2021-02-26
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Active
GIBLIN, Andrew Richard→
director · ~48y · appointed 2022-01-18
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Active
GORVY, Manfred Stanley→
director · ~88y
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Active
HARRIS, Robert→
director · ~64y · appointed 2022-01-18
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Active
WILLIAMS, Paul Malcolm→
director · ~66y · appointed 2019-05-17
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Active
WISNIEWSKI, Damian Mark Alan→
director · ~65y · appointed 2010-02-01
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Active
BURNS, John David→
director · ~82y · resigned 2019-05-17
Resigned
LEIBOWITZ, Alan Jay→
director · ~74y · resigned 2022-01-18
Resigned
MOROSS, Trevor→
director · ~78y · appointed 1991-10-01 · resigned 2021-04-01
Resigned
ODOM, Christopher James→
director · ~75y · resigned 2010-02-01
Resigned
SILVER, Simon Paul→
director · ~76y · resigned 2021-02-26
Resigned

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Recent filings (131 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-07-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-02-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-02-22
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-08