DALLOL OPERATIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

07969869 · ltd · incorporated 2012-02-29

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

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£43.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 33200

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

45 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

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 · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £43,075

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£43k

↑ 110% YoY

Current Assets

£213k

↓ 41% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£43.1k	£20.5k
Current assets	£213.0k	£363.6k
Net assets	£43.1k	£20.5k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-04-08
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accounts · AA
2024-08-16
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accounts · AA
2023-09-29
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accounts · AA
2022-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-01-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-08-12
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2020-05-22
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-05-15
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-05-15
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officers · CH01
2020-05-15
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-05-15
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-08-20
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2019-08-20
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change-of-name-notice
change-of-name · CONNOT
2019-01-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-01-16
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2017-03-13
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BUCHANAN, Victor John appointed
director
2017-01-28
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SPRINGETT, Susan Elizabeth resigned
director
2012-03-01
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SPRINGETT, Andrew John appointed
director
2012-03-01
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SPRINGETT, Susan Elizabeth appointed
director
2012-02-29
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Company incorporated
As DALLOL OPERATIONS LIMITED
2012-02-29
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JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer appointed
director
2012-02-29
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JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer resigned
director

Owner dependency

73/100

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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100

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 71 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 14 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Victor John Buchanan Individual · British · DOB 12/1966 · age 60	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	29/02/2020
Mr Andrew John Springett Individual · British · DOB 03/1955 · age 71	25–50%	—	25-50% 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

Incorporated2012-02-29

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC33200 — SIC 33200

Registered office

Heritage House Murton Way

Osbaldwick

York

North Yorkshire

YO19 5UW

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-14

Last: 2026-02-28

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

BUCHANAN, Victor John→

director · ~60y · appointed 2017-03-13

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Active

SPRINGETT, Andrew John→

director · ~71y · appointed 2012-03-01

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Active

JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer→

director · ~56y · appointed 2012-02-29 · resigned 2012-02-29

Resigned

SPRINGETT, Susan Elizabeth→

director · ~68y · appointed 2012-03-01 · resigned 2017-01-28

Resigned

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