DOPOWER LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02637105 · ltd · incorporated 1991-08-12
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
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£768.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35110
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
19 officers (3 active, 19 linked, 13 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
127 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £768,067
Cash YoY
-24%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£81k
↓ 24% YoY
Net Worth
£768k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£182k
↓ 16% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£154k£307k£461k£614k£768kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£899.2k£908.2k
Current assets£181.6k£215.3k
Cash£81.1k£106.8k
Debtors£100.2k£108.2k
Net assets£768.1k£768.0k

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
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (54 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-10-25
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  4. 2024-10-25
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2023-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-06-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2023-06-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2023-02-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2022-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-02-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-02-01
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    NEEDLE, Dean Joseph appointed
    director
  12. 2022-02-01
    ➕
    NEEDLE, Jamie Luke, Dr appointed
    director
  13. 2022-02-01
    ➕
    NEEDLE, Simon Jon appointed
    director
  14. 2022-02-01
    ➖
    NEEDLE, Jill Mary resigned
    director
  15. 2022-02-01
    ➖
    NEEDLE, Jonathan resigned
    director
  16. 2022-02-01
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2022-02-01
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  18. 2022-02-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  19. 2022-02-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  20. 2022-02-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  21. 2021-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2019-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  23. 2019-03-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  24. 2017-05-23
    ➕
    NEEDLE, Jill Mary appointed
    director
  25. 2014-05-01
    ➖
    NEEDLE, Jamie Luke resigned
    secretary
  26. 2007-04-18
    ➖
    JACKSON, Robert Humphrey resigned
    secretary
  27. 2007-04-18
    ➕
    NEEDLE, Jamie Luke appointed
    secretary
  28. 2007-04-18
    ➖
    JACKSON, Flora Mary Margaret resigned
    director
  29. 2007-04-18
    ➖
    JACKSON, Geoffrey Laird resigned
    director
  30. 2007-04-18
    ➖
    JACKSON, Jane Mary resigned
    director
  31. 2007-04-18
    ➖
    JACKSON, Robert Humphrey resigned
    director
  32. 2007-04-18
    ➖
    MACPHERSON, Judith Margaret resigned
    director
  33. 2007-04-18
    ➕
    NEEDLE, Jonathan appointed
    director
  34. 2007-04-18
    ➖
    WEMYSS, Ann Georgina Laird resigned
    director
  35. 2007-02-27
    ➖
    WEMYSS, Henry Graham resigned
    director
  36. 1998-02-05
    ➖
    JACKSON, Geoffrey Laird resigned
    secretary
  37. 1998-02-05
    ➕
    JACKSON, Robert Humphrey appointed
    secretary
  38. 1998-02-05
    ➕
    JACKSON, Flora Mary Margaret appointed
    director
  39. 1998-02-05
    ➕
    WEMYSS, Henry Graham appointed
    director
  40. 1997-10-03
    ➖
    JACKSON, John Guy Carmichael resigned
    director
  41. 1991-12-09
    ➕
    JACKSON, Jane Mary appointed
    director
  42. 1991-12-09
    ➕
    JACKSON, Robert Humphrey appointed
    director
  43. 1991-12-09
    ➕
    MACPHERSON, Judith Margaret appointed
    director
  44. 1991-12-09
    ➕
    WEMYSS, Ann Georgina Laird appointed
    director
  45. 1991-08-12
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As DOPOWER LIMITED
  46. 1991-08-12
    ➕
    JACKSON, Geoffrey Laird appointed
    secretary
  47. 1991-08-12
    ➕
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  48. 1991-08-12
    ➖
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  49. 1991-08-12
    ➕
    JACKSON, Geoffrey Laird appointed
    director
  50. 1991-08-12
    ➕
    JACKSON, John Guy Carmichael appointed
    director
Showing most recent 50 of 54 events

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

40/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 35 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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

Derwent Hydro Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Derwent Hydro Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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DOPOWER LIMITED
This company · 02637105

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
Derwent Hydro Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control24/10/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Derwent Hydroelectric Power Limitedceased 24/10/2024· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting

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

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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1991-08-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

Sir Richard Arkwright's Masson Mills
41 Derby Road
Matlock Bath
Derbyshire
DE4 3PY
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-26
Last: 2025-08-12

Officers (3 active · 16 resigned)

NEEDLE, Dean Joseph→
director · ~44y · appointed 2022-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NEEDLE, Jamie Luke, Dr→
director · ~46y · appointed 2022-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NEEDLE, Simon Jon→
director · ~41y · appointed 2022-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JACKSON, Geoffrey Laird→
secretary · appointed 1991-08-12 · resigned 1998-02-05
Resigned
JACKSON, Robert Humphrey→
secretary · appointed 1998-02-05 · resigned 2007-04-18
Resigned
NEEDLE, Jamie Luke→
secretary · appointed 2007-04-18 · resigned 2014-05-01
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1991-08-12 · resigned 1991-08-12
Resigned
JACKSON, Flora Mary Margaret→
director · ~90y · appointed 1998-02-05 · resigned 2007-04-18
Resigned
JACKSON, Geoffrey Laird→
director · ~86y · appointed 1991-08-12 · resigned 2007-04-18
Resigned
JACKSON, Jane Mary→
director · ~88y · appointed 1991-12-09 · resigned 2007-04-18
Resigned
JACKSON, John Guy Carmichael→
director · ~95y · appointed 1991-08-12 · resigned 1997-10-03
Resigned
JACKSON, Robert Humphrey→
director · ~83y · appointed 1991-12-09 · resigned 2007-04-18
Resigned
MACPHERSON, Judith Margaret→
director · ~92y · appointed 1991-12-09 · resigned 2007-04-18
Resigned
NEEDLE, Jill Mary→
director · ~70y · appointed 2017-05-23 · resigned 2022-02-01
Resigned
NEEDLE, Jonathan→
director · ~73y · appointed 2007-04-18 · resigned 2022-02-01
Resigned
WEMYSS, Ann Georgina Laird→
director · ~98y · appointed 1991-12-09 · resigned 2007-04-18
Resigned
WEMYSS, Henry Graham→
director · ~70y · appointed 1998-02-05 · resigned 2007-02-27
Resigned
COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1991-08-12 · resigned 1991-08-12
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1991-08-12 · resigned 1991-08-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (127 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-16
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-10-25
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-06-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-06-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-02-01