DOVE TIMBER LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
03317378 · ltd · incorporated 1997-02-12
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£53.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Security dealing on own account
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).
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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
79 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £53,431
Net assets shrinking
Down £60,883 YoY
Cash YoY
+4%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£217k
↑ 4.2% YoY
Net Worth
£53k
↓ 53% YoY
Current Assets
£222k
↑ 5.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £55.0k | £114.3k |
| Current assets | £221.9k | £210.8k |
| Cash | £217.3k | £208.6k |
| Debtors | £4.5k | £2.2k |
| Net assets | £53.4k | £114.3k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-21📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-01-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-10➕PASK, Philip James appointeddirector
- 2022-11-10📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-02-26📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2021-02-26📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2021-02-17📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2020-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2015-11-23➖EVERS, Peter Keith resigneddirector
- 2009-02-01➕EVERS, Peter Keith appointeddirector
- 2009-02-01➖RUSHFORTH, Nicholas resigneddirector
- 2002-12-08➕PASK, Brian Ronald appointeddirector
- 1997-02-12🏢Company incorporatedAs DOVE TIMBER LIMITED
- 1997-02-12➕ROBINSON, Brenda appointedsecretary
- 1997-02-12➕WAYNE, Harold appointednominee-secretary
- 1997-02-12➖WAYNE, Harold resignednominee-secretary
- 1997-02-12➕RUSHFORTH, Nicholas appointeddirector
- 1997-02-12➕WAYNE, Yvonne appointednominee-director
- 1997-02-12➖WAYNE, Yvonne resignednominee-director
Owner dependency
91/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
96/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Brian Ronald Pask Individual · British · DOB 08/1948 · age 78 | 50–75% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% 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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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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1997-02-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64991 — Security dealing on own account
Registered office
Woodleigh
Swineherd Lane
Kirkbymoorside
York
YO62 6LR
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-26
Last: 2026-02-12
Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)
Active
PASK, Brian Ronald→
Activedirector · ~78y · appointed 2002-12-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
PASK, Philip James→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2022-11-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WAYNE, Harold→
Resignednominee-secretary · appointed 1997-02-12 · resigned 1997-02-12
EVERS, Peter Keith→
Resigneddirector · ~54y · appointed 2009-02-01 · resigned 2015-11-23
RUSHFORTH, Nicholas→
Resigneddirector · ~81y · appointed 1997-02-12 · resigned 2009-02-01
WAYNE, Yvonne→
Resignednominee-director · ~46y · appointed 1997-02-12 · resigned 1997-02-12
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Recent filings (79 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-11-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-04-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-01
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2021-02-26