DORRINGTON DERWENT INVESTMENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02359387 · ltd · incorporated 1989-03-10

Investment thesis

Property vehicle with leveraged stack — refinance / partial-release angle.

Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.

Why risky: Multiple lenders to manage; inter-creditor friction and partial-release cost possible.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 36.8y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

—

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Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Sector: Real estate

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 88-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 88). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 36.8y

70/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 36.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

12 officers (7 active, 12 linked, 11 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

38 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

130 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand

2025-07-04
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accounts · AA
2024-07-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-05
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officers · CH01
2023-02-10
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-22
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officers · AP01
2022-02-22
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officers · AP01
2022-01-21
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officers · TM01
2022-01-18
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GIBLIN, Andrew Richard appointed
director
2022-01-18
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HARRIS, Robert appointed
director
2022-01-18
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LEIBOWITZ, Alan Jay resigned
director
2021-10-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-22
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officers · TM01
2021-04-01
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MOROSS, Trevor resigned
director
2021-03-16
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officers · TM01
2021-03-15
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officers · AP01
2021-02-26
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GEORGE, Nigel Quentin appointed
director
2021-02-26
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SILVER, Simon Paul resigned
director
2020-10-15
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mortgage · MR04
2020-10-15
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2020-10-15
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Charge satisfied #2
2020-10-15
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Charge satisfied #1
2020-10-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-10
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-05-17
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WILLIAMS, Paul Malcolm appointed
director
2019-05-17
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BURNS, John David resigned
director
2010-02-01
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WISNIEWSKI, Damian Mark Alan appointed
director
2010-02-01
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ODOM, Christopher James resigned
director
1994-08-03
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Charge satisfied #3
1992-07-29
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association
1991-10-31
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MOROSS, Trevor appointed
director
1989-07-28
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Security Pacific National Bank.
1989-07-28
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Security Pacific National Bank.
1989-03-10
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Company incorporated
As DORRINGTON DERWENT INVESTMENTS 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

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.

Group structure

Dorrington Derwent Holdings Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Dorrington Derwent Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares

significant stake

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DORRINGTON DERWENT INVESTMENTS LIMITED

This company · 02359387

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Dorrington Derwent Holdings Limited Corporate entity	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1989-03-10

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

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: 2026-10-08

Last: 2025-09-24