DAPPER DOGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

06165463 · ltd · incorporated 2007-03-16

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01629

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

48 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2025-11-27
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2022-11-29
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2021-11-29
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2021-03-04
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2019-12-01
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2018-11-01
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2017-11-29
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2016-10-18
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2016-03-18
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2015-04-02
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2015-03-17
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2014-09-09
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2014-04-10
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2014-03-18
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IRESON, Michael Geoffrey appointed
director
2013-10-15
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ROTTON, Roger William resigned
director
2007-03-16
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Company incorporated
As DAPPER DOGS LIMITED
2007-03-16
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ROTTON, Ruth Eileen appointed
secretary
2007-03-16
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ROTTON, Ruth Eileen appointed
director
2007-03-16
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NOMINEE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2007-03-16
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NOMINEE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2007-03-16
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ROTTON, Roger William appointed
director
2007-03-16
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NOMINEE COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2007-03-16
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NOMINEE COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.

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 77 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 19 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Ruth Eileen Rotton Individual · British · DOB 01/1966 · age 60	50–75%	—	50-75% 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

Incorporated2007-03-16

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC01629 — SIC 01629

Registered office

18 Willerby Fold

Moseley Parklands

Wolverhampton

WV10 8UB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-30

Last: 2026-03-16

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

ROTTON, Ruth Eileen→

secretary · appointed 2007-03-16

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Active

IRESON, Michael Geoffrey→

director · ~77y · appointed 2014-03-18

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Active

ROTTON, Ruth Eileen→

director · ~60y · appointed 2007-03-16

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Active

NOMINEE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-03-16 · resigned 2007-03-16

Resigned

ROTTON, Roger William→

director · ~85y · appointed 2007-03-16 · resigned 2013-10-15

Resigned

NOMINEE COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2007-03-16 · resigned 2007-03-16

Resigned

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