DANBURY RIDGE WINE ESTATE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08289909 · ltd · incorporated 2012-11-12
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 11020
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (5 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
41 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees13900

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-01-18
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    second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
    officers · RP04AP01
  5. 2023-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-11-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-03-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-12-08
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2020-12-08
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2020-02-05
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  12. 2019-12-13
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2019-12-13
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2019-12-05
    ➕
    BUNKER, Sophie Louise appointed
    director
  15. 2019-12-05
    ➕
    HURLEY, Janine Heather appointed
    director
  16. 2019-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-11-20
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  18. 2019-03-28
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  19. 2018-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  20. 2013-01-02
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    BUNKER, Heather Ellen appointed
    secretary
  21. 2012-11-12
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As DANBURY RIDGE WINE ESTATE LIMITED
  22. 2012-11-12
    ➕
    BUNKER, Heather appointed
    director
  23. 2012-11-12
    ➕
    BUNKER, Michael Stewart appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +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 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Michael Stewart Bunker
Individual · British · DOB 03/1950 · age 76
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Heather Ellen Bunker
Individual · British · DOB 09/1953 · age 73
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mrs Janine Heather Hurleyceased 13/12/2019· 25-50% shares
  • Miss Sophie Louise Bunkerceased 13/12/2019· 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
Incorporated2012-11-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC11020 — SIC 11020

Registered office

Danbury Ridge Wine Estate
Hyde Lane
Danbury
Essex
CM3 4LN
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-26
Last: 2025-11-12

Officers (5 active · 0 resigned)

BUNKER, Heather Ellen→
secretary · appointed 2013-01-02
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Active
BUNKER, Heather→
director · ~73y · appointed 2012-11-12
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Active
BUNKER, Michael Stewart→
director · ~76y · appointed 2012-11-12
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Active
BUNKER, Sophie Louise→
director · ~41y · appointed 2019-12-05
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Active
HURLEY, Janine Heather→
director · ~42y · appointed 2019-12-05
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Active

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Recent filings (41 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-16
second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP04AP01
2024-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-12-08