DEBDALE HILL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

08120910 · ltd · incorporated 2012-06-27

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

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year to Sept 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 35110

Sector: Electricity, gas & energy

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

7 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

42 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-09-30	2023-09-30
Average employees	300	300

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

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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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

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2017-06-28
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2014-02-12
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WRIGHT, Beverley Isobel resigned
director
2014-02-01
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WRIGHT, David Thomas appointed
director
2012-10-01
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WRIGHT, Beverley Isobel appointed
secretary
2012-10-01
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WRIGHT, David resigned
secretary
2012-10-01
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ASTLEY ARLINGTON, Alison resigned
director
2012-10-01
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WRIGHT, Beverley Isobel appointed
director
2012-06-27
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Company incorporated
As DEBDALE HILL LIMITED
2012-06-27
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ASTLEY-ARLINGTON, Edward Michael appointed
director
2012-06-27
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SHAW, Robert Bruce appointed
director
2012-06-27
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WRIGHT, David appointed
secretary
2012-06-27
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ASTLEY ARLINGTON, Alison appointed
director

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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.)

Group structure

Okebrook Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Okebrook Limited

Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares

significant stake

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DEBDALE HILL LIMITED

This company · 08120910

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Okebrook Limited Corporate entity	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

F W White (Farmers) Limitedceased 03/11/2016· 75-100% 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

Incorporated2012-06-27

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

Debdale Hill Farm Caunton

Newark

Notts

NG23 6BQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-14

Last: 2026-02-28

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

WRIGHT, Beverley Isobel→

secretary · appointed 2012-10-01

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Active

ASTLEY-ARLINGTON, Edward Michael→

director · ~73y · appointed 2012-06-27

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Active

SHAW, Robert Bruce→

director · ~67y · appointed 2012-06-27

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Active

WRIGHT, David Thomas→

director · ~66y · appointed 2014-02-01

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Active

WRIGHT, David→

secretary · appointed 2012-06-27 · resigned 2012-10-01

Resigned

ASTLEY ARLINGTON, Alison→

director · ~69y · appointed 2012-06-27 · resigned 2012-10-01

Resigned

WRIGHT, Beverley Isobel→

director · ~65y · appointed 2012-10-01 · resigned 2014-02-12

Resigned

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