DENNIS WHITWORTH LTD

💤Zombieactive

04778937 · ltd · incorporated 2003-05-28

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jul 2025

Net worth

£2.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Repair of machinery

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

54 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 £2,353

Cash YoY

+50%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£9k

↑ 50% YoY

Net Worth

£2k

↑ 9704% YoY

Current Assets

£22k

↑ 12% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Total assets	£2.4k	£2.0k
Current assets	£22.0k	£19.6k
Cash	£8.5k	£5.7k
Debtors	£13.2k	£13.9k
Net assets	£2.4k	£24

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2025-08-27
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2024-09-30
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2023-11-28
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2022-10-14
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2022-03-20
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2021-04-13
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2019-11-26
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2018-12-03
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2017-11-08
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2017-01-09
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2016-06-07
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2016-01-28
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accounts · AA
2015-05-19
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2014-12-16
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2014-05-15
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2003-05-28
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Company incorporated
As DENNIS WHITWORTH LTD
2003-05-28
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WHITWORTH, Janette appointed
secretary
2003-05-28
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WHITWORTH, Dennis appointed
director
2003-05-28
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-05-28
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
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2003-05-28
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INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
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2003-05-28
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INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

100/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "WHITWORTH" — 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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100

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 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Dennis Whitworth Individual · British · DOB 07/1960 · age 66	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	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

Incorporated2003-05-28

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC33120 — Repair of machinery

Registered office

62 Gloucester Road Wheatley

Doncaster

South Yorkshire

DN2 4JQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-26

Last: 2026-05-12

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

WHITWORTH, Janette→

secretary · appointed 2003-05-28

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Active

WHITWORTH, Dennis→

director · ~66y · appointed 2003-05-28

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Active

SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-05-28 · resigned 2003-05-28

Resigned

INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-05-28 · resigned 2003-05-28

Resigned

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