DRIVER GUARDIAN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07560710 · ltd · incorporated 2011-03-11
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 14.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£29.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-life insurance
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 14.5y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 14.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
40 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £29,352

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£29k
↑ 1.7% YoY
Current Assets
£195k
↓ 30% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£55k£111k£166k£222k£277kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£215.1k£301.3k
Current assets£194.8k£277.0k
Net assets£29.4k£28.9k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-29
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  2. 2024-09-30
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  3. 2023-09-28
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  4. 2022-09-29
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  5. 2022-06-10
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  6. 2022-06-10
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    Charge satisfied #1
  7. 2021-09-30
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  8. 2020-09-09
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  9. 2019-09-27
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  10. 2018-09-18
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  11. 2017-09-29
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  12. 2017-02-08
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    officers · TM01
  13. 2017-01-31
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    ATKINS, Neil Douglas resigned
    director
  14. 2016-09-28
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  15. 2016-04-19
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  16. 2016-04-18
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  17. 2015-10-01
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    HALSALL, Gareth appointed
    director
  18. 2015-09-30
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  19. 2011-12-02
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Merseyside Small Loans for Business Investment Fund Limited
  20. 2011-10-19
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    HALSALL, Gareth appointed
    secretary
  21. 2011-10-19
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    ATKINS, Neil Douglas appointed
    director
  22. 2011-03-11
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    Company incorporated
    As DRIVER GUARDIAN LIMITED
  23. 2011-03-11
    ➕
    ROBINSON, Dean Brian appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Dean Brian Robinson
Individual · British · DOB 11/1967 · age 59
75–100%
—75-100% shares01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2011-03-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC65120 — Non-life insurance

Registered office

1 Slaidburn Crescent
Marshside
Southport
Merseyside
PR9 9YF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-25
Last: 2026-03-11

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

HALSALL, Gareth→
secretary · appointed 2011-10-19
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Active
HALSALL, Gareth→
director · ~42y · appointed 2015-10-01
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Active
ROBINSON, Dean Brian→
director · ~59y · appointed 2011-03-11
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Active
ATKINS, Neil Douglas→
director · ~69y · appointed 2011-10-19 · resigned 2017-01-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Merseyside Small Loans for Business Investment Fund
Merseyside Small Loans for Business Investment Fund Limited
Debenture1 property02/12/201110/06/2022

Recent filings (40 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-30
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accounts · AA
2025-09-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-19
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accounts · AA
2024-09-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
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mortgage · MR04
2022-06-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-09-27