REVELAN (DUDLEY) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04793729 · ltd · incorporated 2003-06-10
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: dormant / non-trading with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 77/100. Strong seller-intent signal (65/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 6 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

7 live charges · 6 lenders · oldest 20.9y

15/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 20.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 6 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
7 charges (7/7 with lender, 7/7 with type)
90
Directors & officers
20 officers (2 active, 20 linked, 15 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
119 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
69
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees100100

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 change-of-name
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 1 change-of-name
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 address
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 change-of-name
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (70 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-04
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  2. 2026-04-09
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  3. 2026-03-19
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2025-12-02
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-10-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-10-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-06-02
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  8. 2022-10-25
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-12-13
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-07-26
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2021-07-23
    ➖
    TWEMLOW, William Kenneth resigned
    director
  12. 2021-07-10
    📄
    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  13. 2021-07-10
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #7
  14. 2021-03-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-12-04
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-12-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-05-10
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2018-04-11
    📄
    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  19. 2018-04-10
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  20. 2018-03-31
    ➕
    PAYTON, Trevor appointed
    secretary
  21. 2018-03-31
    ➖
    COLE, Paul Charles resigned
    secretary
  22. 2017-10-06
    ➕
    TWEMLOW, William Kenneth appointed
    director
  23. 2017-10-06
    ➖
    WHITE, Paul Robert resigned
    director
  24. 2016-03-23
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #6
  25. 2016-03-07
    ➖
    ABACUS SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2016-03-07
    ➖
    DOWLING, Eimear Mary resigned
    director
  27. 2016-03-07
    ➖
    FLEMING, Stewart Henderson resigned
    director
  28. 2016-03-04
    🔒
    Charge registered #7
    Lender: Mount Street Mortgage Servicing Limited as the Security Agent
  29. 2016-02-16
    ➕
    MEGYESI-SCHWARTZ, Nicholas Francis appointed
    director
  30. 2016-02-16
    ➕
    COLE, Paul Charles appointed
    secretary
  31. 2016-02-16
    ➕
    WHITE, Paul Robert appointed
    director
  32. 2015-12-08
    ➖
    RYAN, Therese Ann resigned
    director
  33. 2015-05-11
    ➖
    CROMPTON, Peter Anthony resigned
    director
  34. 2012-02-01
    ➖
    CORRIS, Shaun resigned
    director
  35. 2011-10-12
    ➕
    RYAN, Therese Ann appointed
    director
  36. 2010-07-12
    ➕
    CORRIS, Shaun appointed
    director
  37. 2010-01-28
    ➖
    BROWN, Craig resigned
    director
  38. 2010-01-28
    ➕
    FLEMING, Stewart Henderson appointed
    director
  39. 2009-01-30
    ➕
    BROWN, Craig appointed
    director
  40. 2009-01-30
    ➖
    FLEMING, Stewart Henderson resigned
    director
  41. 2008-07-15
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #5
  42. 2008-07-15
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #4
  43. 2008-07-15
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #3
  44. 2008-07-15
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #2
  45. 2008-07-15
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #1
  46. 2008-01-08
    ➖
    CORRIS, Shaun resigned
    director
  47. 2008-01-08
    ➕
    CROMPTON, Peter Anthony appointed
    director
  48. 2008-01-08
    ➕
    DOWLING, Eimear Mary appointed
    director
  49. 2007-12-21
    ➕
    CORRIS, Shaun appointed
    director
  50. 2007-12-21
    ➖
    OATES, Alan Clucas resigned
    director
Showing most recent 50 of 70 events

Owner dependency

83/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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

2 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2026-06-04: certificate-change-of-name-company

Group structure

Revelan (Iom) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Revelan (Iom) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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REVELAN (DUDLEY) LIMITED
This company · 04793729

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Revelan (Iom) Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control11/06/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-06-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

Ground Floor
35 Newhall Street
Birmingham
West Midlands
B3 3PU
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-24
Last: 2025-06-10

Officers (2 active · 18 resigned)

PAYTON, Trevor→
secretary · appointed 2018-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MEGYESI-SCHWARTZ, Nicholas Francis→
director · ~59y · appointed 2016-02-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COLE, Paul Charles→
secretary · appointed 2016-02-16 · resigned 2018-03-31
Resigned
COLE, Paul Charles→
secretary · appointed 2003-09-04 · resigned 2007-10-11
Resigned
GRAEME, Dorothy May→
nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-06-10 · resigned 2003-09-04
Resigned
ABACUS SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-10-11 · resigned 2016-03-07
Resigned
BROWN, Craig→
director · ~57y · appointed 2009-01-30 · resigned 2010-01-28
Resigned
CORRIS, Shaun→
director · ~53y · appointed 2010-07-12 · resigned 2012-02-01
Resigned
CORRIS, Shaun→
director · ~53y · appointed 2007-12-21 · resigned 2008-01-08
Resigned
CROMPTON, Peter Anthony→
director · ~66y · appointed 2008-01-08 · resigned 2015-05-11
Resigned
DOWLING, Eimear Mary→
director · ~60y · appointed 2008-01-08 · resigned 2016-03-07
Resigned
FLEMING, Stewart Henderson→
director · ~71y · appointed 2010-01-28 · resigned 2016-03-07
Resigned
FLEMING, Stewart Henderson→
director · ~71y · appointed 2007-10-11 · resigned 2009-01-30
Resigned
GRAEME, Lesley Joyce→
nominee-director · ~73y · appointed 2003-06-10 · resigned 2003-09-04
Resigned
MEGYESI SCHWARTZ, Nicholas Francis→
director · ~59y · appointed 2003-09-04 · resigned 2007-10-11
Resigned
OATES, Alan Clucas→
director · ~66y · appointed 2007-10-11 · resigned 2007-12-21
Resigned
RYAN, Therese Ann→
director · ~53y · appointed 2011-10-12 · resigned 2015-12-08
Resigned
TWEMLOW, William Kenneth→
director · ~36y · appointed 2017-10-06 · resigned 2021-07-23
Resigned
WHITE, Paul Robert→
director · ~69y · appointed 2016-02-16 · resigned 2017-10-06
Resigned
WHITE, Paul Robert→
director · ~69y · appointed 2003-09-04 · resigned 2007-10-11
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

7
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:7 of 7 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Mount Street Mortgage Servicing as the Security Agent
Mount Street Mortgage Servicing Limited as the Security Agent
A registered charge1 property04/03/201610/07/2021
satisfied
Anglo Irish Bank Corporation
Anglo Irish Bank Corporation PLC
Debenture1 property01/11/200723/03/2016
satisfied
Anglo Irish Bank Corporation
Anglo Irish Bank Corporation PLC
Composite charge1 property11/10/200715/07/2008
satisfied
Capmark Bank Europe (The Security Trustee)
Capmark Bank Europe PLC (The Security Trustee)
Supplemental composite charge1 property10/11/200615/07/2008
satisfied
Gmac Commercial Mortgage Bank Europe, (Security Trustee)
Gmac Commercial Mortgage Bank Europe, PLC (Security Trustee)
Supplemental composite charge1 property10/11/200515/07/2008
satisfied
Gmac Commercial Mortgage Bank Europe, (The Security Trustee)
Gmac Commercial Mortgage Bank Europe, PLC (The Security Trustee)
Supplemental composite charge1 property14/10/200515/07/2008
satisfied
Gmac Commercial Mortgage Bank Europe
Gmac Commercial Mortgage Bank Europe Limited
Composite charge1 property14/07/200515/07/2008

Recent filings (119 total)

certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2026-06-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2026-04-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-07-26
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2021-07-10