DJELLA LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

05966966 · ltd · incorporated 2006-10-13

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

£40.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Pension funding

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

59 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £40,515

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£41k

↑ 3.5% YoY

Current Assets

£649

↓ 62% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Total assets	£119.5k	£116.5k
Current assets	£649	£1.7k
Net assets	£40.5k	£39.2k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-07-17
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2025-08-13
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accounts · AA
2024-07-02
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accounts · AA
2023-08-21
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accounts · AA
2022-07-18
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accounts · AA
2021-08-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-08-24
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accounts · AA
2020-05-05
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officers · TM02
2020-05-01
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NILED LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2019-10-22
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officers · CH04
2019-08-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-10-23
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address · AD01
2018-08-23
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accounts · AA
2018-08-23
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officers · CH01
2018-08-23
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2017-09-05
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accounts · AA
2008-11-20
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MILTON PRICE LTD resigned
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2008-11-20
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NILED LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2007-11-06
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MILTON PRICE LTD appointed
corporate-secretary
2007-11-06
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UK EUROBV SECRETARIES LTD resigned
corporate-secretary
2006-10-13
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Company incorporated
As DJELLA LIMITED
2006-10-13
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BEUREN, Johannes Van appointed
director
2006-10-13
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UK EUROBV SECRETARIES LTD appointed
corporate-secretary

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100

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 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Johannes Van Beurden Individual · Dutch · DOB 07/1961 · age 65	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	13/10/2016

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

Incorporated2006-10-13

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC65300 — Pension funding

Registered office

Dept 302 43 Owston Road

Carcroft

Doncaster

DN6 8DA

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-27

Last: 2025-10-13

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

BEUREN, Johannes Van→

director · ~65y · appointed 2006-10-13

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Active

MILTON PRICE LTD→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-11-06 · resigned 2008-11-20

Resigned

NILED LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-11-20 · resigned 2020-05-01

Resigned

UK EUROBV SECRETARIES LTD→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-10-13 · resigned 2007-11-06

Resigned

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