STAR PAVING SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04579386 · ltd · incorporated 2002-11-01
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
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
58 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

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£57k£115k£172k£229k£287kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets—£371.4k
Current assets—£269.3k
Net assets—£286.8k
Average employees400—

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 capital
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 capital
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-16
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    capital · SH01
  2. 2025-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-11-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-11-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-10-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-03-28
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  7. 2021-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-11-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-11-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-09-15
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-10-28
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-11-16
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-06-09
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-11-08
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2002-11-01
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    Company incorporated
    As STAR PAVING SERVICES LIMITED
  17. 2002-11-01
    ➕
    DEWBERY, David Jack appointed
    secretary
  18. 2002-11-01
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    DEWBERY, David Jack appointed
    director
  19. 2002-11-01
    ➕
    DEWBERY, Jane Louise appointed
    director
  20. 2002-11-01
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2002-11-01
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2002-11-01
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    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2002-11-01
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    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2002-11-01
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2002-11-01
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Jack Dewbery
Individual · British · DOB 11/1957 · age 69
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2002-11-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43999 — Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Golivers Wood 113 Compit Hills
Cromer
Norfolk
NR27 9LL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-15
Last: 2025-11-01

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

DEWBERY, David Jack→
secretary · appointed 2002-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DEWBERY, David Jack→
director · ~69y · appointed 2002-11-01
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Active
DEWBERY, Jane Louise→
director · ~57y · appointed 2002-11-01
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Active
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-11-01 · resigned 2002-11-01
Resigned
COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-11-01 · resigned 2002-11-01
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-11-01 · resigned 2002-11-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (58 total)

capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-26
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-11-12