DIE-NAMIC FORMES LTD

🌳Matureactive
04361782 · ltd · incorporated 2002-01-28
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 23.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Feb 2026
Net worth
£60.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). 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 (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 23.1y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 23.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
69 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £60,302

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£60k
↑ 50% YoY
Current Assets
£129k
↑ 57% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£26k£52k£77k£103k£129kFeb 2025Feb 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2026-02-282025-02-28
Total assets£123.0k£130.3k
Current assets£128.9k£82.2k
Net assets£60.3k£40.2k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-05-06
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  3. 2024-04-30
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  4. 2023-05-03
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  5. 2022-07-25
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  6. 2021-05-26
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  7. 2020-06-04
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  8. 2019-04-18
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  9. 2018-05-09
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  10. 2017-05-05
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  11. 2016-05-06
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-02-03
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  13. 2015-06-02
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  14. 2015-02-04
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  15. 2015-02-04
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    officers · CH01
  16. 2009-08-26
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    THOMPSON, Scott Antony appointed
    director
  17. 2003-06-03
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  18. 2002-02-11
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    KIMBER, Lee Andrew appointed
    secretary
  19. 2002-02-11
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    KIMBER, Lee Andrew appointed
    director
  20. 2002-02-11
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    KIMBER, Neil Gordon appointed
    director
  21. 2002-01-30
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
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  22. 2002-01-30
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
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  23. 2002-01-28
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    Company incorporated
    As DIE-NAMIC FORMES LTD
  24. 2002-01-28
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2002-01-28
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Neil Gordon Kimber
Individual · British · DOB 02/1951 · age 75
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/01/2017

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
Incorporated2002-01-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

31 Mill Stream Drive
Luddendenfoot
Halifax
West Yorkshire
HX2 6DE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-11-30
Last made up to: 2026-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-11
Last: 2026-01-28

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

KIMBER, Lee Andrew→
secretary · appointed 2002-02-11
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Active
KIMBER, Lee Andrew→
director · ~47y · appointed 2002-02-11
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Active
KIMBER, Neil Gordon→
director · ~75y · appointed 2002-02-11
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Active
THOMPSON, Scott Antony→
director · ~52y · appointed 2009-08-26
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Active
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-01-28 · resigned 2002-01-30
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-01-28 · resigned 2002-01-30
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 property03/06/2003—
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Recent filings (69 total)

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2026-04-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-02
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accounts · AA
2025-05-06
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-18
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accounts · AA
2024-04-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-29
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accounts · AA
2020-06-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-04-18