DALYAN VILLA OWNERS LTD

🌳Matureactive
06987128 · ltd · incorporated 2009-08-11
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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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Travel agency activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
46 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees00

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 2 gazette
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 gazette
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-25
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  2. 2026-04-14
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  3. 2025-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-01-02
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2023-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-11-20
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2023-11-20
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    officers · TM01
  9. 2023-11-20
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2023-09-29
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  11. 2023-09-01
    ➕
    LIDDLE, Dean appointed
    director
  12. 2023-09-01
    ➖
    BENTLEY, Charles resigned
    director
  13. 2022-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-09-24
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  16. 2020-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2011-09-01
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    GRAY, Lauren Tracey appointed
    director
  20. 2009-08-11
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    Company incorporated
    As DALYAN VILLA OWNERS LTD
  21. 2009-08-11
    ➕
    GRAY, Malcolm Robin appointed
    secretary
  22. 2009-08-11
    ➕
    GRAY, Malcolm Robin appointed
    director
  23. 2009-08-11
    ➕
    BENTLEY, Charles appointed
    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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Dean Liddle
Individual · British · DOB 08/1975 · age 51
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/09/2023
Mr Malcolm Robin Gray
Individual · British · DOB 06/1950 · age 76
25–50%
—25-50% shares11/08/2016
Miss Lauren Tracey Gray
Individual · British · DOB 10/1982 · age 44
25–50%
—25-50% shares11/08/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Charlie Edwards Bentleyceased 01/09/2023· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2009-08-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC79110 — Travel agency activities

Registered office

Dalyan Suite
Pallion Quay
Sunderland
SR4 6TQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-29
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-03
Last: 2025-12-20

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

GRAY, Malcolm Robin→
secretary · appointed 2009-08-11
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Active
GRAY, Lauren Tracey→
director · ~44y · appointed 2011-09-01
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Active
GRAY, Malcolm Robin→
director · ~76y · appointed 2009-08-11
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Active
LIDDLE, Dean→
director · ~51y · appointed 2023-09-01
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Active
BENTLEY, Charles→
director · ~75y · appointed 2009-08-11 · resigned 2023-09-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (46 total)

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-24
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-02
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-11-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-11-20
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-11-20
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-29