DH EGGS LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
10513828 · ltd · incorporated 2016-12-07
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 9.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£313.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01470
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 9.0y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 9.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
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
25 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £313,114
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£139k
Net Worth
£313k
↑ 20285% YoY
Current Assets
£272k
↓ 24% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.19M | £843.3k |
| Current assets | £272.4k | £358.5k |
| Cash | £138.6k | — |
| Debtors | £115.1k | £180.7k |
| Net assets | £313.1k | £1.5k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-12-06📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-10-23📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-10-20📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-10-20📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-10-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-28➖GORST, John Richard resigneddirector
- 2022-11-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-18📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2017-07-17🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2016-12-20📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2016-12-07🏢Company incorporatedAs DH EGGS LTD
- 2016-12-07➕GORST, Barbara appointeddirector
- 2016-12-07➕GORST, Mark Richard appointeddirector
- 2016-12-07➕GORST, John Richard appointeddirector
- 2016-12-07📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
81/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Barbara Gorst Individual · British · DOB 07/1956 · age 70 | 50–75% | 50–75% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting | 07/12/2016 |
Mr Mark Richard Gorst Individual · British · DOB 10/1981 · age 45 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 07/12/2016 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Exors Of John Richard Gorst Deceasedceased 19/01/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Mr John Richard Gorstceased 28/06/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-12-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01470 — SIC 01470
Registered office
Dalton House
9 Dalton Square
Lancaster
LA1 1WD
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-21
Last: 2025-12-07
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
GORST, Barbara→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2016-12-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GORST, Mark Richard→
Activedirector · ~45y · appointed 2016-12-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GORST, John Richard→
Resigneddirector · ~75y · appointed 2016-12-07 · resigned 2023-06-28
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 17/07/2017 | — |
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Recent filings (25 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-06
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-19
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-10-23
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-10-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-30