DENIS MAY & SONS LIMITED
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).
Refinance opportunity
4 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 19.1y
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 19.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 35/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
- · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Profit before tax | £1.71M | £1.62M |
| Average employees | 33 | 3500 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 accounts
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-30📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2020-10-30📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2020-10-27📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-10-27🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Dms Holdings (South West) Limited
- 2020-10-20📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2020-10-20🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2020-02-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-25📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2019-09-25🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2019-03-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-26📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-06-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-06-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-mediumaccounts · AA
- 2015-09-07➕JAGO, Peter John appointeddirector
- 2015-09-07➕MAY, Edward John appointeddirector
- 2007-11-26🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Hylton John May
- 2007-11-26🔒Charge registered #2Lender: South West of England Regional Development Agency
- 2007-05-22🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2006-11-16🏢Company incorporatedAs DENIS MAY & SONS LIMITED
- 2006-11-16➕MAY, Edward appointedsecretary
- 2006-11-16➕MAY, Hylton John appointeddirector
- 2006-11-16➕MANTEL SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2006-11-16➖MANTEL SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2006-11-16➕MANTEL NOMINEES LIMITED appointedcorporate-director
- 2006-11-16➖MANTEL NOMINEES LIMITED resignedcorporate-director
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +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.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- 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
cleanGroup structure
Dms Holdings (South West) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dms Holdings (South West) Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 05/08/2019 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Hylton John Mayceased 05/08/2019· 75-100% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Filing status
Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Dms Holdings (South West) Dms Holdings (South West) Limited | A registered charge | 8 properties | 27/10/2020 | — | |
| outstanding | Hylton John May | Debenture | 1 property | 26/11/2007 | — | |
| satisfied | South West of England Regional Development Agency | Debenture | 1 property | 26/11/2007 | 25/09/2019 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 22/05/2007 | 20/10/2020 |