DENLIFE LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
14516755 · ltd · incorporated 2022-11-30
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
£179.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle 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: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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
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
10 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
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £179,605

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£180k
↑ 3567% YoY
Current Assets
£184k
↑ 17585% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£5k£33k£71k£108k£146k£184kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£186.4k£1.0k
Current assets£184.1k£1.0k
Net assets£179.6k£-5.2k

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
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filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-29
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    second-filing-capital-allotment-shares
    capital · RP04SH01
  3. 2024-10-01
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  4. 2024-08-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-07-19
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  6. 2023-11-01
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    capital-alter-shares-subdivision
    capital · SH02
  7. 2022-11-30
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    Company incorporated
    As DENLIFE LTD
  8. 2022-11-30
    BILLINGSLEY, Paul John appointed
    director
  9. 2022-11-30
    CALVERLEY, Cheryl Nicola appointed
    director
  10. 2022-11-30
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

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

clean
No 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Cheryl Nicola Calverley
Individual · British · DOB 01/1980 · age 46
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control30/11/2022
Mr Paul John Billingsley
Individual · British · DOB 03/1979 · age 47
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control30/11/2022

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
Incorporated2022-11-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93290 — Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Registered office

29 Woodstock Road
Carshalton
SM5 3ED
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-01
Last: 2025-11-17

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BILLINGSLEY, Paul John
director · ~47y · appointed 2022-11-30
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Active
CALVERLEY, Cheryl Nicola
director · ~46y · appointed 2022-11-30
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Active

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Recent filings (10 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-02
second-filing-capital-allotment-shares
capital · RP04SH01
2024-11-29
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-09
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-07-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-17
capital-alter-shares-subdivision
capital · SH02
2023-11-01
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-11-30