DARDAN TWO LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
10143670 · ltd · incorporated 2016-04-24
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
PursueStrong 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 (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)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 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
24 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 accountsCash
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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 | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
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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
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-15➕TOFILUK, David Andrzej appointeddirector
- 2025-01-15📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-01-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-12📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-02-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-18📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-01-18📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-01-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-04-24🏢Company incorporatedAs DARDAN TWO LIMITED
- 2016-04-24➕DRURY, John Patrick appointeddirector
- 2016-04-24📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
71/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
- +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
61/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo 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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr John Patrick Drury Individual · British · DOB 11/1963 · age 63 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 24/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLARENDONS GROUP LIMITED→ 10877528 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| CORINA HOUSE RTM COMPANY LIMITED→ 16897396 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| CTP MOULDED GEARS LIMITED→ 00778764 · est 1963 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 62y | — | — |
| CTP WHITE KNIGHT LIMITED→ 01003927 · est 1971 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 55y | — | — |
| CUNNIFFE PARTNERSHIP→ LP007373 · est 2001 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 25y | — | — |
| D.B.T. (MOTOR FACTORS) LIMITED→ 00919458 · est 1967 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 58y | — | — |
| D3O LAB LIMITED→ 05627882 · est 2005 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 20y | — | — |
| DAISY CHAIN PRE SCHOOL OLD COULSDON LLP→ OC452085 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| DAN STUDIOS LTD→ 12127349 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| DANS GARDENING AND MAINTENANCE LTD→ 13868838 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| DATACALL LIMITED→ 00653600 · est 1960 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 66y | — | — |
| DAVID ELLIOTT FRCS LLP→ OC358882 · est 2010 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 15y | — | — |
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-04-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999
Registered office
90 Waddington Avenue
Coulsdon
Surrey
CR5 1QN
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-07
Last: 2026-04-23
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
DRURY, John Patrick→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2016-04-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
TOFILUK, David Andrzej→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2025-01-15
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Recent filings (24 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-24
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-05-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-01-18