DAVE THOMPSON LTD

🌳Matureactive
04719679 · ltd · incorporated 2003-04-01
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
£204.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. 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, 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
54 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £204,354
Cash YoY
-12%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£238k
↓ 12% YoY
Net Worth
£204k
↑ 5.9% YoY
Current Assets
£307k
↓ 7.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£67k£133k£200k£266k£333kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£312.6k£296.1k
Current assets£306.7k£332.8k
Cash£238.4k£269.8k
Debtors£68.2k£63.0k
Net assets£204.4k£193.0k

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 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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  2. 2024-12-23
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  3. 2024-02-13
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    THOMPSON, Daniel William appointed
    director
  4. 2024-02-13
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    officers · AP01
  5. 2023-12-20
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  6. 2022-12-21
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  7. 2021-12-23
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  8. 2020-12-22
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  9. 2019-12-20
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  10. 2018-12-19
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  11. 2017-12-21
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  12. 2016-12-23
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  13. 2016-04-05
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  14. 2015-12-14
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  15. 2015-04-23
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  16. 2014-12-23
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  17. 2003-04-02
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    THOMPSON, Jaqueline Joanne appointed
    secretary
  18. 2003-04-02
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    THOMPSON, David appointed
    director
  19. 2003-04-02
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    CF CLIENT SECRETARY LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2003-04-02
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    CF CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD resigned
    corporate-director
  21. 2003-04-01
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    Company incorporated
    As DAVE THOMPSON LTD
  22. 2003-04-01
    ➕
    CF CLIENT SECRETARY LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2003-04-01
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    CF CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

99/100
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 "THOMPSON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

26/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — THOMPSON, Daniel William (same surname) appointed 2024-02-13. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • 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.
  • 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 Thompson
Individual · British · DOB 12/1967 · age 59
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
Incorporated2003-04-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

Becks Farm
Beverley Road
North Newbald
East Yorkshire
YO43 4SQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-15
Last: 2026-04-01

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

THOMPSON, Jaqueline Joanne→
secretary · appointed 2003-04-02
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Active
THOMPSON, Daniel William→
director · ~29y · appointed 2024-02-13
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Active
THOMPSON, David→
director · ~59y · appointed 2003-04-02
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Active
CF CLIENT SECRETARY LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2003-04-01 · resigned 2003-04-02
Resigned
CF CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD→
corporate-director · appointed 2003-04-01 · resigned 2003-04-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (54 total)

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2026-05-13
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2025-12-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-07
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accounts · AA
2024-12-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-02
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officers · AP01
2024-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-12
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accounts · AA
2022-12-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-05
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accounts · AA
2021-12-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-06
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accounts · AA
2020-12-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-06
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accounts · AA
2019-12-20