A E DOWSE & SON LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05823903 · ltd · incorporated 2006-05-22

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 19.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

£-1.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). 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 19.7y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 19.7 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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

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

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

54 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £1,740

Net assets shrinking

Down £2,300 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£2k

↓ 411% YoY

Current Assets

£3k

↓ 27% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Total assets	£-1.7k	£560
Current assets	£2.9k	£3.9k
Debtors	£1.9k	£2.3k
Net assets	£-1.7k	£560

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

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2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2025-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-30
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-01-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-02-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-01-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2018-01-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2017-07-20
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-07-20
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2016-10-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-05-31
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-11-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-06-18
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2006-09-01
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Co-Operative Bank PLC
2006-05-22
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Company incorporated
As A E DOWSE & SON LIMITED
2006-05-22
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DOWSE, Honor appointed
secretary
2006-05-22
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DOWSE, Honor appointed
director
2006-05-22
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DOWSE, Michael appointed
director
2006-05-22
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ONLINE CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2006-05-22
➖
ONLINE CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2006-05-22
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ONLINE NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2006-05-22
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ONLINE NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "DOWSE" — 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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100

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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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 Michael Dowse Individual · British · DOB 06/1955 · age 71	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mrs Honor Dowse Individual · British · DOB 10/1954 · age 72	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	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

Incorporated2006-05-22

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

2 Hallgarth

Pickering

YO18 7AW

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-05

Last: 2025-05-22

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

DOWSE, Honor→

secretary · appointed 2006-05-22

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Active

DOWSE, Honor→

director · ~72y · appointed 2006-05-22

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Active

DOWSE, Michael→

director · ~71y · appointed 2006-05-22

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Active

ONLINE CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-05-22 · resigned 2006-05-22

Resigned

ONLINE NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-05-22 · resigned 2006-05-22

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Co-operative Bank The Co-Operative Bank PLC	Debenture	1 property	01/09/2006	—

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Recent filings (54 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-12-23

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-06-03

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-01-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-05-22

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-01-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-05-24

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2023-03-30

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-01-31

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-05-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-12-02

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-05-25

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2020-12-14

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-05-22

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2020-02-04

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2019-06-24