DAVINE DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05913345 · ltd · incorporated 2006-08-22
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 19.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£214
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). 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 19.5y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 19.5 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 (79/100)

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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
67 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
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 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £214

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£214
~ YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
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£0£43£86£128£171£214Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£214£214
Net assets£214£214

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-08-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2022-08-23
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  7. 2021-06-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-02-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-11-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2020-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-01-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-08-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2018-08-10
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2018-08-10
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2018-07-06
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2007-10-10
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    SLACK, Gary Irvine appointed
    secretary
  17. 2007-10-10
    ➖
    SMITH, Robin Henry resigned
    secretary
  18. 2007-10-10
    ➖
    MKL SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2007-10-10
    ➖
    SMITH, Robin Henry resigned
    director
  20. 2006-11-22
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  21. 2006-08-22
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    Company incorporated
    As DAVINE DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
  22. 2006-08-22
    ➕
    SLACK, Gary Irvine appointed
    director
  23. 2006-08-22
    ➕
    SMITH, Derek William George appointed
    director
  24. 2006-08-22
    ➕
    SMITH, Robin Henry appointed
    secretary
  25. 2006-08-22
    ➕
    MKL SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2006-08-22
    ➕
    MKL SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2006-08-22
    ➖
    MKL SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  28. 2006-08-22
    ➕
    SMITH, Robin Henry appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Gary Irvine Slack
Individual · British · DOB 06/1972 · age 54
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mr Derek William George Smith
Individual · British · DOB 09/1963 · age 63
——sig. influencesignificant 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
Incorporated2006-08-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Herston Cross House
230 High Street
Swanage
Dorset
BH19 2PQ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-05
Last: 2025-08-22

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

SLACK, Gary Irvine→
secretary · appointed 2007-10-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SLACK, Gary Irvine→
director · ~54y · appointed 2006-08-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMITH, Derek William George→
director · ~63y · appointed 2006-08-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMITH, Robin Henry→
secretary · appointed 2006-08-22 · resigned 2007-10-10
Resigned
MKL SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-08-22 · resigned 2007-10-10
Resigned
MKL SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-08-22 · resigned 2006-08-22
Resigned
SMITH, Robin Henry→
director · ~64y · appointed 2006-08-22 · resigned 2007-10-10
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property22/11/2006—
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Recent filings (67 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-08-23
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-02-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-26