DAVID SIMPKIN AGENCIES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
05415610 · ltd · incorporated 2005-04-06
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
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Agents involved in the sale of a variety of goods
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). 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 (77/100)

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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
57 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.

Key financials

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

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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  2. 2025-05-06
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  3. 2024-06-06
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  4. 2023-06-22
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  5. 2022-04-04
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  6. 2021-06-22
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  7. 2020-09-24
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  8. 2019-06-27
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  9. 2018-06-28
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  10. 2017-06-29
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  11. 2016-06-24
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-05-18
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  13. 2015-08-21
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    accounts · AA01
  14. 2015-07-13
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-01-12
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2006-04-13
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    SIMPKIN, Sheila appointed
    secretary
  17. 2006-04-13
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    SIMPKIN, David Stephen Peter Warwick appointed
    director
  18. 2006-04-13
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    SHERWOOD, Luke William resigned
    secretary
  19. 2006-04-13
    ➖
    O'CONNOR, Jane Mary, Dr resigned
    director
  20. 2005-06-01
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    SHERWOOD, Luke William appointed
    secretary
  21. 2005-06-01
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    O'CONNOR, Jane Mary, Dr appointed
    director
  22. 2005-05-31
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    @UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2005-05-31
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    @UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD resigned
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  24. 2005-04-06
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    Company incorporated
    As DAVID SIMPKIN AGENCIES LIMITED
  25. 2005-04-06
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    @UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2005-04-06
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    @UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

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 "SIMPKIN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Stephen Peter Warwick Simpkin
Individual · British · DOB 05/1965 · age 61
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2017

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

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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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-04-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46190 — Agents involved in the sale of a variety of goods

Registered office

51 Teignmouth Road
Torquay
Devon
TQ1 4EG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-09
Last: 2026-04-25

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

SIMPKIN, Sheila→
secretary · appointed 2006-04-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SIMPKIN, David Stephen Peter Warwick→
director · ~61y · appointed 2006-04-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SHERWOOD, Luke William→
secretary · appointed 2005-06-01 · resigned 2006-04-13
Resigned
@UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-04-06 · resigned 2005-05-31
Resigned
O'CONNOR, Jane Mary, Dr→
director · ~55y · appointed 2005-06-01 · resigned 2006-04-13
Resigned
@UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-04-06 · resigned 2005-05-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (57 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-06-27