A DEE KAY JOINERY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04501965 · ltd · incorporated 2002-08-02

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

—

year to Sept 2025

Net worth

£43.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle 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 (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

8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

76 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

Positive net assets

Net assets £43,515

Net assets shrinking

Down £28,046 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£44k

↓ 39% YoY

Current Assets

£100k

↓ 10% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30
Total assets	£50.6k	£91.3k
Current assets	£100.4k	£111.6k
Cash	—	£22.4k
Debtors	£64.7k	£52.8k
Net assets	£43.5k	£71.6k

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

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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

• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand

2026-04-30
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-30
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-30
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officers · AP01
2026-03-25
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accounts · AA
2026-03-03
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LENNON, Joanne appointed
director
2026-02-10
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officers · TM01
2025-12-23
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SWINBURNE, Peter resigned
director
2025-06-19
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accounts · AA
2024-06-27
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accounts · AA
2023-02-10
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accounts · AA
2022-02-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-14
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accounts · AA
2021-01-11
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officers · CH01
2021-01-11
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-02-21
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accounts · AA
2019-08-12
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-08-12
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-04-18
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accounts · AA
2015-09-30
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KANE, Alan Donovan resigned
secretary
2015-09-30
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KANE, Alan Donovan resigned
director
2015-09-30
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KANE, Linda Katherine resigned
director
2009-05-22
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LENNON, David Charles appointed
director
2009-05-22
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SWINBURNE, Peter appointed
director
2002-08-02
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Company incorporated
As A DEE KAY JOINERY LIMITED
2002-08-02
➕
KANE, Alan Donovan appointed
secretary
2002-08-02
➕
SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-08-02
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SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-08-02
➕
KANE, Alan Donovan appointed
director
2002-08-02
➕
KANE, Linda Katherine appointed
director
2002-08-02
➕
WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2002-08-02
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WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

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 17 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

59/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

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.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr David Charles Lennon Individual · British · DOB 11/1965 · age 61	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	18/07/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Peter Swinburneceased 18/02/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2002-08-02

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC16230 — Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery

Registered office

Unit 25 Sapcote Business Centre

Small Heath Highway Small Heath

Birmingham

West Midlands

B10 0HR

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-14

Last: 2026-04-30

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

LENNON, David Charles→

director · ~61y · appointed 2009-05-22

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

LENNON, Joanne→

director · ~58y · appointed 2026-03-03

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

KANE, Alan Donovan→

secretary · appointed 2002-08-02 · resigned 2015-09-30

Resigned

SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-08-02 · resigned 2002-08-02

Resigned

KANE, Alan Donovan→

director · ~77y · appointed 2002-08-02 · resigned 2015-09-30

Resigned

KANE, Linda Katherine→

director · ~74y · appointed 2002-08-02 · resigned 2015-09-30

Resigned

SWINBURNE, Peter→

director · ~67y · appointed 2009-05-22 · resigned 2025-12-23

Resigned

WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-08-02 · resigned 2002-08-02

Resigned

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Recent filings (76 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-04-30

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2026-04-30

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2026-04-30

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2026-04-30

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-03-25

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2026-02-10