DULVERTON HOUSE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05414676 · ltd · incorporated 2005-04-05

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 Jun 2025

Net worth

£1.20M

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Residential care activities for the elderly and disabled

Sector: Human health & social work

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

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 · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,202,589

Cash YoY

+75%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£559k

↑ 75% YoY

Net Worth

£1.2m

↑ 18% YoY

Current Assets

£565k

↑ 75% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£1.20M	£1.03M
Current assets	£565.0k	£322.9k
Cash	£559.1k	£320.1k
Debtors	£4.1k	£2.8k
Net assets	£1.20M	£1.02M

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-03-26
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2025-01-16
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2024-03-15
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2023-03-14
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2022-03-09
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2021-03-03
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2020-03-31
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2019-03-06
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2018-03-07
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2017-03-02
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2016-05-26
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2016-03-07
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2015-08-18
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2015-08-17
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2005-04-05
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Company incorporated
As DULVERTON HOUSE LIMITED
2005-04-05
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JAVED, Khalid Hussain appointed
secretary
2005-04-05
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JAVED, Khalid Hussain appointed
director
2005-04-05
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JAVED, Mussarat appointed
director
2005-04-05
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M W DOUGLAS & COMPANY LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-04-05
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M W DOUGLAS & COMPANY LIMITED resigned
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2005-04-05
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DOUGLAS NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2005-04-05
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DOUGLAS NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
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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 78 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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 21 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Khalid Hussain Javed Individual · British · DOB 10/1948 · age 78	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016
Mrs Mussarat Javed Individual · British · DOB 06/1948 · age 78	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	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

Incorporated2005-04-05

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC87300 — Residential care activities for the elderly and disabled

Registered office

163 Hookstone Road

Harrogate

HG2 8QH

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-28

Last: 2026-03-14

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

JAVED, Khalid Hussain→

secretary · appointed 2005-04-05

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Active

JAVED, Khalid Hussain→

director · ~78y · appointed 2005-04-05

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Active

JAVED, Mussarat→

director · ~78y · appointed 2005-04-05

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Active

M W DOUGLAS & COMPANY LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-04-05 · resigned 2005-04-05

Resigned

DOUGLAS NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-04-05 · resigned 2005-04-05

Resigned

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