DACSA LIMITED

📉Decliningactive
05534540 · ltd · incorporated 2005-08-11
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.
Opportunity decay
drifting distress · 6-months
Drifting toward distress — expect more negotiability in 3–6 months, but also more friction.
  • · Lifecycle stage drifting downward
  • · Currently "declining"
🔒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: SIC 10611
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
68 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 102
Loss-making
Loss before tax £1,087,391
Slipped into loss
Moved from profit to loss this year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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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
Profit before tax£-1.09M£1.14M
Average employees353500

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

5 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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-10-07
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2024-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-02-12
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2023-08-29
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    CISCAR MARTINEZ, Ricardo resigned
    director
  7. 2023-08-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-09-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-07-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-08-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-05-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-07-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-07-08
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  15. 2016-07-08
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2016-07-01
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    PUCHAL SANCHEZ, Enrique resigned
    secretary
  17. 2016-07-01
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    PUCHAL SANCHEZ, Enrique resigned
    director
  18. 2016-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2006-07-06
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    PUCHAL SANCHEZ, Enrique appointed
    secretary
  20. 2006-07-06
    ➖
    EVERSECRETARY LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2005-08-11
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    Company incorporated
    As DACSA LIMITED
  22. 2005-08-11
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    CISCAR GARCIA, Araceli appointed
    director
  23. 2005-08-11
    ➕
    CISCAR GARCIA, Ricardo appointed
    director
  24. 2005-08-11
    ➕
    EVERSECRETARY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2005-08-11
    ➕
    CISCAR MARTINEZ, Ricardo appointed
    director
  26. 2005-08-11
    ➕
    PUCHAL SANCHEZ, Enrique appointed
    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 68 — 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 68. 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 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.)

Group structure

Maicerias Espanolas S A is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Maicerias Espanolas S A
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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DACSA LIMITED
This company · 05534540

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Maicerias Espanolas S A
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2005-08-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10611 — SIC 10611

Registered office

Crosby Road South
Liverpool
L21 4PF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-25
Last: 2025-08-11

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

CISCAR GARCIA, Araceli→
director · ~64y · appointed 2005-08-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CISCAR GARCIA, Ricardo→
director · ~68y · appointed 2005-08-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PUCHAL SANCHEZ, Enrique→
secretary · appointed 2006-07-06 · resigned 2016-07-01
Resigned
EVERSECRETARY LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-08-11 · resigned 2006-07-06
Resigned
CISCAR MARTINEZ, Ricardo→
director · ~97y · appointed 2005-08-11 · resigned 2023-08-29
Resigned
PUCHAL SANCHEZ, Enrique→
director · ~96y · appointed 2005-08-11 · resigned 2016-07-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (68 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-26
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-28
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-02-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-11