GAVIN DIXON FINANCE SOLUTIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08526694 · ltd · incorporated 2013-05-13
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 May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Financial leasing
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (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: strategic trade sale (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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
41 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
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 Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Average employees300300

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 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-12
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  2. 2026-05-12
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  3. 2025-11-11
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  4. 2024-10-09
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  5. 2024-10-09
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  6. 2024-10-09
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2024-10-09
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    address · AD01
  8. 2024-09-27
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  9. 2023-10-13
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  10. 2022-08-15
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  11. 2022-02-04
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  12. 2021-03-04
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  13. 2020-04-02
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    officers · CH01
  14. 2020-02-26
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  15. 2020-01-03
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  16. 2020-01-03
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  17. 2020-01-03
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    officers · CH01
  18. 2017-08-01
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    DIXON, Chloe appointed
    director
  19. 2013-05-13
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    Company incorporated
    As GAVIN DIXON FINANCE SOLUTIONS LIMITED
  20. 2013-05-13
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    DIXON, Gavin Philip appointed
    director

Owner dependency

86/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "DIXON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 13 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

49/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 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

Dixon Holdings (Bridport) Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Dixon Holdings (Bridport) Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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GAVIN DIXON FINANCE SOLUTIONS LIMITED
This company · 08526694

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Dixon Holdings (Bridport) Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control17/03/2025
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Gavin Philip Dixonceased 17/03/2025· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2013-05-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64910 — Financial leasing

Registered office

The Grove
Rax Lane
Bridport
Dorset
DT6 3JL
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-27
Last: 2026-05-13

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

DIXON, Chloe→
director · ~45y · appointed 2017-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DIXON, Gavin Philip→
director · ~47y · appointed 2013-05-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Recent filings (41 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-19
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-05-12
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-10-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-17