2ND HAND DINGHIES LTD

🌳Matureactive

04330013 · ltd · incorporated 2001-11-28

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Nov 2024

Net worth

£-179.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

67 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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £179,136

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£179k

~ YoY

Current Assets

£21k

↑ 25% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-11-30	2023-11-30
Total assets	£-177.3k	£-177.6k
Current assets	£21.2k	£16.9k
Net assets	£-179.1k	£-179.4k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-11-25
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2021-11-29
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2020-11-27
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2019-09-04
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2019-08-30
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2018-08-15
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accounts · AA
2017-12-21
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2017-12-21
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officers · CH01
2017-12-21
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2017-08-16
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accounts · AA
2016-08-31
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2015-12-21
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2002-12-12
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UKBF NOMINEE COMPANY SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
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2002-12-12
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UKBF NOMINEE DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
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2002-11-28
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JUBB, Ian Sanderson appointed
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2001-11-28
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Company incorporated
As 2ND HAND DINGHIES LTD
2001-11-28
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JUBB, Philippa Laura appointed
secretary
2001-11-28
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VINCENT, Peter appointed
director
2001-11-28
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UKBF NOMINEE COMPANY SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
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2001-11-28
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UKBF NOMINEE DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
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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

+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 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100

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.
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 24 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

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ian Sanderson Jubb Individual · British · DOB 01/1977 · age 49	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	28/11/2016
Peter Vincent Individual · British · DOB 02/1961 · age 65	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	28/11/2016

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

Incorporated2001-11-28

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC47990 — Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets

Registered office

9 Vinnetrow Business Park

Vinnetrow Road

Chichester

West Sussex

PO20 1QH

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-08-29

Last made up to: 2024-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-12

Last: 2025-11-28

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

JUBB, Philippa Laura→

secretary · appointed 2001-11-28

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Active

JUBB, Ian Sanderson→

director · ~49y · appointed 2002-11-28

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Active

VINCENT, Peter→

director · ~65y · appointed 2001-11-28

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Active

UKBF NOMINEE COMPANY SECRETARY LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-11-28 · resigned 2002-12-12

Resigned

UKBF NOMINEE DIRECTOR LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-11-28 · resigned 2002-12-12

Resigned

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