DOLPHIN HOUSE MANAGEMENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04871228 · ltd · incorporated 2003-08-19
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£150
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

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

Data confidence

Overall: medium (68/100)

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
10 officers (3 active, 10 linked, 6 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
77 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 £150
Net assets shrinking
Down £65 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£150
↓ 30% YoY
Current Assets
£145
↓ 31% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£43£86£129£172£215Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£150£215
Current assets£145£210
Net assets£150£215

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-10-16
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  3. 2023-10-05
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  4. 2023-02-15
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    officers · TM01
  5. 2023-02-04
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    ELLIS, Carole Mary resigned
    director
  6. 2022-11-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-11-08
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  8. 2020-11-25
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  9. 2020-04-08
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  10. 2019-01-13
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  11. 2018-04-28
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  12. 2017-04-20
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  13. 2016-04-26
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  14. 2015-08-27
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-08-27
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  16. 2015-08-27
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    officers · CH03
  17. 2009-02-23
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    ELLIS, Carole Mary appointed
    director
  18. 2006-01-31
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    HARVEY, Christopher Harvey resigned
    director
  19. 2005-08-19
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    EYRE, Nathan Lawrence resigned
    director
  20. 2005-05-17
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    PUGH, Anne Marie appointed
    secretary
  21. 2005-05-17
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    PUGH, Anne Marie appointed
    director
  22. 2005-05-17
    ➕
    PUGH, Richard Patrick John appointed
    director
  23. 2005-05-17
    ➕
    EYRE, Nathan Lawrence appointed
    director
  24. 2005-02-25
    ➖
    MCCLOY, Graham Robert resigned
    secretary
  25. 2005-02-25
    ➖
    GUDGE, Nicholas Leonard resigned
    director
  26. 2005-02-24
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    HARVEY, Christopher Harvey appointed
    director
  27. 2003-08-21
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    MCCLOY, Graham Robert appointed
    secretary
  28. 2003-08-21
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    CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2003-08-21
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    GUDGE, Nicholas Leonard appointed
    director
  30. 2003-08-21
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    CREDITREFORM LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  31. 2003-08-19
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    Company incorporated
    As DOLPHIN HOUSE MANAGEMENT LIMITED
  32. 2003-08-19
    ➕
    CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  33. 2003-08-19
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    CREDITREFORM LIMITED appointed
    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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — 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 65. 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 21 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-08-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68320 — Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis

Registered office

16a Queen Street
Pitstone
Leighton Buzzard
Bedfordshire
LU7 9AU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-24
Last: 2025-08-10

Officers (3 active · 7 resigned)

PUGH, Anne Marie→
secretary · appointed 2005-05-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PUGH, Anne Marie→
director · ~63y · appointed 2005-05-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PUGH, Richard Patrick John→
director · ~65y · appointed 2005-05-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCCLOY, Graham Robert→
secretary · appointed 2003-08-21 · resigned 2005-02-25
Resigned
CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-08-19 · resigned 2003-08-21
Resigned
ELLIS, Carole Mary→
director · ~85y · appointed 2009-02-23 · resigned 2023-02-04
Resigned
EYRE, Nathan Lawrence→
director · ~45y · appointed 2005-05-17 · resigned 2005-08-19
Resigned
GUDGE, Nicholas Leonard→
director · ~68y · appointed 2003-08-21 · resigned 2005-02-25
Resigned
HARVEY, Christopher Harvey→
director · ~51y · appointed 2005-02-24 · resigned 2006-01-31
Resigned
CREDITREFORM LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-08-19 · resigned 2003-08-21
Resigned

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Recent filings (77 total)

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2025-10-06
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-12
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accounts · AA
2024-10-16
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-11
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officers · TM01
2023-02-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-10