DAINESWELL LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

06597250 · ltd · incorporated 2008-05-20

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 May 2025

Net worth

£7.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 39000

Sector: Water supply & waste

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 79). 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 (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

5 officers (1 active, 5 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

43 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 £7,794

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£8k

↑ 1484% YoY

Current Assets

£22k

↑ 58% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Total assets	£13.9k	£10.3k
Current assets	£22.2k	£14.0k
Net assets	£7.8k	£492

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

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2026-06-04
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officers · TM02
2026-05-07
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DEAN, Lois resigned
secretary
2026-02-06
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accounts · AA
2025-02-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-29
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accounts · AA
2023-02-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-27
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accounts · AA
2021-02-25
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accounts · AA
2020-02-27
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accounts · AA
2019-02-27
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accounts · AA
2018-02-28
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accounts · AA
2017-02-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2016-06-17
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annual-return · AR01
2016-02-22
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accounts · AA
2015-07-10
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officers · TM01
2015-07-07
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DEAN, Owen Terence resigned
director
2015-05-21
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-05-20
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DEAN, Owen Terence appointed
director
2010-01-08
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DEAN, Lois appointed
secretary
2010-01-08
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RUTTLE, Thomas Keith resigned
secretary
2010-01-08
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RUTTLE, Thomas Keith resigned
director
2008-05-20
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Company incorporated
As DAINESWELL LIMITED
2008-05-20
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DEAN, Terence Robert appointed
director
2008-05-20
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RUTTLE, Thomas Keith appointed
secretary
2008-05-20
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RUTTLE, Thomas Keith appointed
director

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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100

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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
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

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
Mr Terence Robert Dean Individual · British · DOB 09/1947 · age 79	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	20/05/2017

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

Incorporated2008-05-20

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC39000 — SIC 39000

Registered office

Daineswell House

Gatemere Close

Worsley

Manchester

M28 7UY

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-06-17

Last: 2026-06-03

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

DEAN, Terence Robert→

director · ~79y · appointed 2008-05-20

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

DEAN, Lois→

secretary · appointed 2010-01-08 · resigned 2026-05-07

Resigned

RUTTLE, Thomas Keith→

secretary · appointed 2008-05-20 · resigned 2010-01-08

Resigned

DEAN, Owen Terence→

director · ~32y · appointed 2015-05-20 · resigned 2015-07-07

Resigned

RUTTLE, Thomas Keith→

director · ~75y · appointed 2008-05-20 · resigned 2010-01-08

Resigned

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Recent filings (43 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-06-04

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM02

2026-06-04