DENLEIGH LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
14232696 · ltd · incorporated 2022-07-13
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46730
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 46740SIC 46740
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
10 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
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 accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees10001100

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.

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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 (12 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-13
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-05-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-08-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-08-31
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  5. 2023-02-23
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  6. 2023-02-23
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  7. 2022-07-13
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As DENLEIGH LTD
  8. 2022-07-13
    DIFFEY, John Patrick appointed
    director
  9. 2022-07-13
    DIFFEY, Nathanael appointed
    director
  10. 2022-07-13
    DIFFEY, Rufus George appointed
    director
  11. 2022-07-13
    DIFFEY, Thomas appointed
    director
  12. 2022-07-13
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

48/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

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

Ashton Group Holdings Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Ashton Group Holdings Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
DENLEIGH LTD
This company · 14232696

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ashton Group Holdings Ltd
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting13/07/2022

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2022-07-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46730 — SIC 46730

Registered office

6 Solar Way
Solstice Park
Amesbury
Wiltshire
SP4 7SZ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-26
Last: 2025-07-12

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

DIFFEY, John Patrick
director · ~38y · appointed 2022-07-13
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Active
DIFFEY, Nathanael
director · ~49y · appointed 2022-07-13
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Active
DIFFEY, Rufus George
director · ~33y · appointed 2022-07-13
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Active
DIFFEY, Thomas
director · ~46y · appointed 2022-07-13
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Active

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Recent filings (10 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-08-31
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-16
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-02-23
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-02-23
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-07-13