DICKINSON & COMPANY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04350802 · ltd · incorporated 2002-01-10
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£48.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Banks
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 24.1y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 24.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
61 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £48,574
Net assets shrinking
Down £60,024 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£49k
↓ 55% YoY
Current Assets
£101k
↓ 12% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£23k£46k£69k£92k£115kSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£48.6k£108.6k
Current assets£100.8k£114.9k
Net assets£48.6k£108.6k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-06-23
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  3. 2024-06-10
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  4. 2023-05-25
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  5. 2022-05-11
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  6. 2021-05-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  7. 2020-10-27
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2020-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-06-24
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-06-22
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  11. 2017-06-20
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-06-02
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-01-11
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  14. 2015-05-27
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-01-08
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2002-04-19
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  17. 2002-01-10
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    Company incorporated
    As DICKINSON & COMPANY LIMITED
  18. 2002-01-10
    ➕
    DICKINSON, Monica appointed
    secretary
  19. 2002-01-10
    ➕
    DICKINSON, Martin appointed
    director
  20. 2002-01-10
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2002-01-10
    ➖
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2002-01-10
    ➕
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2002-01-10
    ➖
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "DICKINSON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Martin Turner Dickinson
Individual · British · DOB 09/1946 · age 80
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Monica Dickinson
Individual · British · DOB 05/1952 · age 74
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2002-01-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64191 — Banks

Registered office

12 Valley Terrace
Simonstone Lane
Burnley
Lancashire
BB12 7NT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-25
Last: 2025-09-11

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

DICKINSON, Monica→
secretary · appointed 2002-01-10
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Active
DICKINSON, Martin→
director · ~80y · appointed 2002-01-10
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Active
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-01-10 · resigned 2002-01-10
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-01-10 · resigned 2002-01-10
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property19/04/2002—
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Recent filings (61 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-28
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-25