DOCDRAWER LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
12730020 · ltd · incorporated 2020-07-08
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
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£11.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Business and domestic software development
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 69201Accounting and auditing activities
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. 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, 2 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
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
18 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
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
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £11,909
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£12k
↑ 83% YoY
Current Assets
£21k
↑ 89% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£4k£9k£13k£17k£21kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£21.4k£11.3k
Current assets£21.4k£11.3k
Net assets£11.9k£6.5k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
5
filings
  • 2 officers
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 change-of-name
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • 2 officers
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 change-of-name
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-05-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-05-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2026-05-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2026-05-13
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  6. 2026-01-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2025-11-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2025-02-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2024-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-08-08
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2022-08-01
    GREW, Tatiana Faith Ruth appointed
    director
  13. 2022-03-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-07-08
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As DOCDRAWER LIMITED
  15. 2020-07-08
    GREW, James Edward appointed
    director
  16. 2020-07-08
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited 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

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2026-05-13: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr James Edward Grew
Individual · British · DOB 05/1988 · age 38
5075%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control08/07/2020
Mrs Tatiana Faith Ruth Grew
Individual · British · DOB 06/1986 · age 40
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting08/07/2020

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
Incorporated2020-07-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62012 — Business and domestic software development

Registered office

Flass Hall
Esh Winning
Durham
DH7 9QD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-21
Last: 2025-07-07

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

GREW, James Edward
director · ~38y · appointed 2020-07-08
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Active
GREW, Tatiana Faith Ruth
director · ~40y · appointed 2022-08-01
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Active

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Recent filings (18 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-14
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2026-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-31
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-08