24 DALBY SQUARE LIMITED
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (70/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
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 · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2026-03-23 | 2025-03-23 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £19.6k | £19.7k |
| Current assets | £2.3k | £1.7k |
| Net assets | £19.3k | £19.3k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2026-01-11📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC08
- 2025-11-28📄legacymiscellaneous · ANNOTATION
- 2025-11-28📄legacymiscellaneous · ANNOTATION
- 2025-06-14📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-06-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-06-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-06-14📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2025-06-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-03📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2023-05-03📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-12-01📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-07-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-05-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-06-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2008-05-08🏢Company incorporatedAs 24 DALBY SQUARE LIMITED
- 2008-05-08➕STANDEN, Hilary Jane appointedsecretary
- 2008-05-08➕STANDEN, David appointeddirector
- 2008-05-08➕STANDEN, Hilary Jane appointeddirector
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- 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 18 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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6 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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