D K SIGNS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05428625 · ltd · incorporated 2005-04-19
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 21.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£34.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 21.2y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 21.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (76/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
62 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Positive net assets
Net assets £34,251
Net assets shrinking
Down £56,959 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£34k
↓ 62% YoY
Current Assets
£70k
↓ 51% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £38.3k | £105.5k |
| Current assets | £69.8k | £141.3k |
| Net assets | £34.3k | £91.2k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-18📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-05-18📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-10-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-09-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-05-13📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-11-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-04-20📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2005-05-26🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2005-04-19🏢Company incorporatedAs D K SIGNS LIMITED
- 2005-04-19➕NURSE, Kimberly Jayne appointedsecretary
- 2005-04-19➕NURSE, David Anthony appointeddirector
- 2005-04-19➕NURSE, Kimberly Jayne appointeddirector
- 2005-04-19➕T.I.B. SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2005-04-19➖T.I.B. SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2005-04-19➕T.I.B. NOMINEES LIMITED appointedcorporate-director
- 2005-04-19➖T.I.B. NOMINEES LIMITED resignedcorporate-director
Owner dependency
84/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
- 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
cleanNo 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 David Anthony Nurse Individual · British · DOB 03/1967 · age 59 | 50–75% | 50–75% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Kim Jayne Nurse Individual · British · DOB 08/1968 · age 58 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-04-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Registered office
Unit 2 Leodis Court
David Street
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS11 5JJ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-29
Last: 2026-04-15
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
NURSE, Kimberly Jayne→
Activesecretary · appointed 2005-04-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
NURSE, David Anthony→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2005-04-19
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NURSE, Kimberly Jayne→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2005-04-19
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T.I.B. SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2005-04-19 · resigned 2005-04-19
T.I.B. NOMINEES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-director · appointed 2005-04-19 · resigned 2005-04-19
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 26/05/2005 | — |
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Recent filings (62 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-05-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-04