DEADLINE NEXT DAY LIMITED
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
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Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2026-07-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-08➖BURDETT, Philip Raymond resignedsecretary
- 2022-02-08📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2022-02-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-08📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2019-04-15➖MCCRONE, Neil Cameron resigneddirector
- 2019-03-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-04-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-03-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-06-03📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2016-01-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2015-05-19📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 1997-05-12➕BURDETT, Philip Raymond appointeddirector
- 1997-05-12➕BURDETT, Philip Raymond appointedsecretary
- 1997-05-12➕MCCRONE, Neil Cameron appointeddirector
- 1997-05-10➖HIGHSTONE SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1997-05-10➖HIGHSTONE DIRECTORS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 1997-05-07🏢Company incorporatedAs DEADLINE NEXT DAY LIMITED
- 1997-05-07➕HIGHSTONE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1997-05-07➕HIGHSTONE DIRECTORS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 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
cleanGroup structure
Deadline Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Deadline Group Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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