ALL ABOUT DAMP LTD

🌱Startupactive
16356667 · ltd · incorporated 2025-04-01
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
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Plastering
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 43390Other building completion and finishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 0.4y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Newest facility, 0.4 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (56/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
6 filings
60
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
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • 1 mortgage
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-13
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  2. 2026-03-12
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bibby Financial Services Limited
  3. 2026-02-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2026-02-06
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2026-02-06
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2026-01-31
    WINN, Andrew John resigned
    director
  7. 2025-04-01
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    Company incorporated
    As ALL ABOUT DAMP LTD
  8. 2025-04-01
    PULLEN, Steven appointed
    director
  9. 2025-04-01
    WINN, Andrew John appointed
    director
  10. 2025-04-01
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

95/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Young company: Only 1.3 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Steven Pullen
Individual · British · DOB 09/1958 · age 68
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/04/2025
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Andrew John Winnceased 01/01/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2025-04-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43310 — Plastering

Registered office

104 Ancaster Avenue
Hull
HU5 4QT
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-01
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-24
Last: 2026-03-10

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

PULLEN, Steven
director · ~68y · appointed 2025-04-01
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Active
WINN, Andrew John
director · ~64y · appointed 2025-04-01 · resigned 2026-01-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Bibby Financial Services
Bibby Financial Services Limited
A registered charge12/03/2026
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Recent filings (6 total)

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-03-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-02-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-06
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-02-06
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-04-01