DOCSTOR LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05535202 · ltd · incorporated 2005-08-12
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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Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of computers, computer peripheral equipment and software
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (53/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
64 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-10-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-05-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-06-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2023-02-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-03-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-01-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2020-03-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-08-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-06-15
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
  14. 2017-10-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-10-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2005-09-23
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    MINTY, Juliet Mary appointed
    secretary
  17. 2005-09-23
    ➕
    DRIVER, Christopher Richard appointed
    director
  18. 2005-09-23
    ➕
    MINTY, Barry Charles appointed
    director
  19. 2005-09-23
    ➖
    @UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2005-09-23
    ➖
    @UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  21. 2005-08-12
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    Company incorporated
    As DOCSTOR LIMITED
  22. 2005-08-12
    ➕
    @UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2005-08-12
    ➕
    @UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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 80 — succession pressure is live.

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 80 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-08-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46510 — Wholesale of computers, computer peripheral equipment and software

Registered office

12 Bramble Rise
Cobham
KT11 2HP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-27
Last: 2025-08-13

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MINTY, Juliet Mary→
secretary · appointed 2005-09-23
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Active
DRIVER, Christopher Richard→
director · ~65y · appointed 2005-09-23
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Active
MINTY, Barry Charles→
director · ~80y · appointed 2005-09-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
@UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-08-12 · resigned 2005-09-23
Resigned
@UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-08-12 · resigned 2005-09-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (64 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-06-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-29