DRAGON TREECARE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04487392 · ltd · incorporated 2002-07-16
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 Nov 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
66 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.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-11-30
Average employees0

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
2
filings
  • • 2 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 2 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-05-29
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2025-03-18
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  4. 2024-08-30
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-08-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-08-25
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-05-18
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-06-07
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  12. 2016-06-08
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  13. 2015-08-04
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  14. 2015-06-09
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-08-28
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2012-08-29
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    CROWN & CO ACCOUNTANTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  17. 2005-08-01
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    PRICE, Tracey Jacqueline appointed
    director
  18. 2002-07-16
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    Company incorporated
    As DRAGON TREECARE LIMITED
  19. 2002-07-16
    ➕
    PRICE, Fred appointed
    director
  20. 2002-07-16
    ➕
    CROWN & CO ACCOUNTANTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2002-07-16
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2002-07-16
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

84/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Tracey Jacqueline Price
Individual · British · DOB 12/1965 · age 61
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting16/07/2016
Mr Fred Price
Individual · British · DOB 09/1972 · age 54
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting16/07/2016

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
Incorporated2002-07-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Bishop House
10 Wheat Street
Brecon
Powys
LD3 7DG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-30
Last: 2025-07-16

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

PRICE, Fred→
director · ~54y · appointed 2002-07-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PRICE, Tracey Jacqueline→
director · ~61y · appointed 2005-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CROWN & CO ACCOUNTANTS LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2002-07-16 · resigned 2012-08-29
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-07-16 · resigned 2002-07-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (66 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-05-29
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2026-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-19