DREDS GROUP LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05253287 · ltd · incorporated 2004-10-07
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: dormant / non-trading with exceptional profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).
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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
20 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
67 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 · FRS 102Profitable
Profit before tax £13,198
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|
| Operating profit | £-7.6k |
| Profit before tax | £13.2k |
| Average employees | 0 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-01-15📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2026-01-11➕BOWDEN, James Edward Blake appointeddirector
- 2025-10-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-23➖DELANCEY LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2025-07-23📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2024-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-27📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-11-27📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-11-22➕GOSWELL, Paul Jonathan appointeddirector
- 2024-11-22➕LANCASTER, Stafford Murray appointeddirector
- 2023-11-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-09📄change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH04
- 2023-06-27📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2023-06-27📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-12-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-05📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2022-12-05📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-10-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-21📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2021-03-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2006-12-22➖JONES, Gary Stanley resignedsecretary
- 2006-12-22➕DELANCEY LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2004-10-07🏢Company incorporatedAs DREDS GROUP LIMITED
- 2004-10-07➕RITBLAT, James William Jeremy appointeddirector
- 2004-10-07➕JONES, Gary Stanley appointedsecretary
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
60/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Delancey Real Estate Debt Services Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Delancey Real Estate Debt Services Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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DREDS GROUP LIMITED
This company · 05253287
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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Delancey Real Estate Debt Services Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 02/12/2022 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Delancey Real Estate Asset Management Limitedceased 02/12/2022· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
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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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 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.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-10-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company
Registered office
2 Fitzroy Place
8 Mortimer Street
London
England
W1T 3JJ
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-19
Last: 2025-12-05
Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)
BOWDEN, James Edward Blake→
Activedirector · ~48y · appointed 2026-01-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GOSWELL, Paul Jonathan→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2024-11-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LANCASTER, Stafford Murray→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2024-11-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
RITBLAT, James William Jeremy→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2004-10-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
JONES, Gary Stanley→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2004-10-07 · resigned 2006-12-22
DELANCEY LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2006-12-22 · resigned 2025-07-23
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Recent filings (67 total)
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-21
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-03
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-11-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-11-15
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2023-11-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-06-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-06