DRUMCARE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02815419 · ltd · incorporated 1993-05-06
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 29.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2026
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38220
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 29.6y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 29.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
98 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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 Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2025Mar 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2026-03-312025-03-31
Average employees89

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-14
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-19
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-11-11
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-10-20
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-10-01
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    officers · AP01
  9. 2020-06-12
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  10. 2020-06-12
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2020-06-11
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    MOLE, Kieran James appointed
    director
  12. 2020-04-21
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    mortgage · MR04
  13. 2020-04-21
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    mortgage · MR04
  14. 2020-04-21
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    mortgage · MR04
  15. 2020-04-21
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    mortgage · MR04
  16. 2020-04-21
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    mortgage · MR04
  17. 2020-04-21
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    Charge satisfied #5
  18. 2020-04-21
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    Charge satisfied #4
  19. 2020-04-21
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    Charge satisfied #3
  20. 2020-04-21
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    Charge satisfied #2
  21. 2020-04-21
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    Charge satisfied #1
  22. 2009-07-02
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    RICHARDSON, Dawn appointed
    director
  23. 2009-07-02
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    RAMSDEN, Shaun resigned
    director
  24. 2000-09-22
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  25. 1998-10-09
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Midland Bank PLC
  26. 1998-07-14
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Midland Bank PLC
  27. 1998-02-06
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Midland Bank PLC
  28. 1996-11-22
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Midland Bank PLC
  29. 1993-05-06
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    Company incorporated
    As DRUMCARE LIMITED
  30. 1993-05-06
    ➕
    RICHARDSON, Dawn appointed
    secretary
  31. 1993-05-06
    ➕
    RICHARDSON, Grant appointed
    director
  32. 1993-05-06
    ➕
    RAMSDEN, Shaun appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 33 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

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

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Drumcare Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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DRUMCARE LIMITED
This company · 02815419

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
Drumcare Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control11/06/2020
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Grant Richardsonceased 11/06/2020· significant influence

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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7 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
Incorporated1993-05-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38220 — SIC 38220

Registered office

Unit 32,
Great Bridge Industrial Estate
Bridge Road, Great Bridge,
Tipton, West Midlands
DY4 0JF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-16
Last: 2025-10-02

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

RICHARDSON, Dawn→
secretary · appointed 1993-05-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MOLE, Kieran James→
director · ~31y · appointed 2020-06-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RICHARDSON, Dawn→
director · ~60y · appointed 2009-07-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RICHARDSON, Grant→
director · ~65y · appointed 1993-05-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RAMSDEN, Shaun→
director · ~62y · appointed 1993-05-06 · resigned 2009-07-02
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

5
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Legal mortgage1 property22/09/200021/04/2020
satisfied
Midland Bank
Midland Bank PLC
Legal mortgage1 property09/10/199821/04/2020
satisfied
Midland Bank
Midland Bank PLC
Debenture1 property14/07/199821/04/2020
satisfied
Midland Bank
Midland Bank PLC
Legal mortgage2 properties06/02/199821/04/2020
satisfied
Midland Bank
Midland Bank PLC
Fixed and floating charge1 property22/11/199621/04/2020

Recent filings (98 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-01