DEAN SYKES HOLDINGS LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
11087102 · ltd · incorporated 2017-11-29
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Life insurance
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 72/100 (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: 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
28 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-11-30 | 2023-11-30 |
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| Average employees | 200 | 200 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2025-06-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-11-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-03-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-01-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-01-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-05-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-04-14📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-02-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-04📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-01-04📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2020-09-18📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2020-08-27📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-07-01➕BEE, Emma appointeddirector
- 2020-01-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-30📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2017-11-29🏢Company incorporatedAs DEAN SYKES HOLDINGS LIMITED
- 2017-11-29➕SYKES, Dean Roger Graham appointeddirector
Owner dependency
78/100
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.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "SYKES" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- 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 |
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Miss Emma Bee Individual · British · DOB 05/1990 · age 36 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 27/08/2020 |
Mr Dean Roger Graham Sykes Individual · British · DOB 01/1984 · age 42 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 29/11/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2017-11-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC65110 — Life insurance
Registered office
Firth Parish Unit 1, Airport West
Lancaster Way, Yeadon
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS19 7ZA
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-12
Last: 2025-11-28
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
Active
SYKES, Dean Roger Graham→
Activedirector · ~42y · appointed 2017-11-29
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Recent filings (28 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-05-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-25