D A SALES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04543200 · ltd · incorporated 2002-09-24

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 Sept 2025

Net worth

£1.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 09100

Sector: Mining & quarrying

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

43999Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 2 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

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

60 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 · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,783

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£2k

~ YoY

Current Assets

£2k

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30
Total assets	£1.8k	£1.8k
Current assets	£2.2k	£2.2k
Net assets	£1.8k	£1.8k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2026-01-28
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2025-05-14
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2024-06-07
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2023-06-27
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2022-10-28
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officers · CH01
2022-10-28
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officers · CH03
2022-10-28
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2022-10-28
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officers · CH01
2022-06-19
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2021-06-28
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2020-09-21
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2019-06-28
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2018-06-29
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2017-06-30
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2002-09-24
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Company incorporated
As D A SALES LIMITED
2002-09-24
➕
SALES, Damian Anthony appointed
secretary
2002-09-24
➕
MAHON, Virginia appointed
director
2002-09-24
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SALES, Damian Anthony appointed
director
2002-09-24
➕
CRS LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-09-24
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CRS LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-09-24
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MC FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2002-09-24
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MC FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

98/100

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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "SALES" — 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 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Damian Anthony Sales Individual · British · DOB 04/1971 · age 55	50–75%	50–75%	board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2002-09-24

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC09100 — SIC 09100

Registered office

17 Warren Lodge Gardens

Halifax

West Yorkshire

HX3 0RB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-08

Last: 2025-09-24

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

SALES, Damian Anthony→

secretary · appointed 2002-09-24

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Active

MAHON, Virginia→

director · ~76y · appointed 2002-09-24

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Active

SALES, Damian Anthony→

director · ~55y · appointed 2002-09-24

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

CRS LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-09-24 · resigned 2002-09-24

Resigned

MC FORMATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-09-24 · resigned 2002-09-24

Resigned

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Recent filings (60 total)

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2025-10-08

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accounts · AA

2025-05-14

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2024-10-08

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accounts · AA

2024-06-07

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2023-10-09

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accounts · AA

2023-06-27

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-10-28

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2022-10-28

change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date

officers · CH03

2022-10-28

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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2022-10-28

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2022-10-28

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-06-19

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-11-08

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2021-06-28