20 GAINSBOROUGH LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
13511722 · ltd · incorporated 2021-07-15
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Development of building projects
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 41202Construction of domestic buildings
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
19 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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 accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees200200

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-07-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2024-07-16
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  6. 2024-07-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2023-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-04-17
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    second-filing-capital-allotment-shares
    capital · RP04SH01
  9. 2023-04-04
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  10. 2023-04-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  11. 2023-04-04
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  12. 2023-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-12-12
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2022-09-14
    WARNER, David Maxwell Digby appointed
    director
  15. 2021-10-25
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  16. 2021-07-15
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 20 GAINSBOROUGH LIMITED
  17. 2021-07-15
    CLARKSON, David appointed
    secretary
  18. 2021-07-15
    CLARKSON, David Anthony appointed
    director
  19. 2021-07-15
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

73/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

Dcp Developments Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Dcp Developments Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares · board control
significant stake
20 GAINSBOROUGH LIMITED
This company · 13511722

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Maxwell Digby Warner
Individual · British · DOB 08/1949 · age 77
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control14/09/2022
Dcp Developments Limited
Corporate entity
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control15/07/2021

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
Incorporated2021-07-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

3 Warners Mill
Silks Way
Braintree
Essex
CM7 3GB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-28
Last: 2025-07-14

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

CLARKSON, David
secretary · appointed 2021-07-15
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Active
CLARKSON, David Anthony
director · ~57y · appointed 2021-07-15
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Active
WARNER, David Maxwell Digby
director · ~77y · appointed 2022-09-14
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Active

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Recent filings (19 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-07-16
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-07-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-17
second-filing-capital-allotment-shares
capital · RP04SH01
2023-04-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-04-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-04-04
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-23