DORSEY WOOD PROCESSING LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
FC014834 · oversea-company · incorporated 1988-12-05
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
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not disclosed
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).
Data confidence
Overall: low (42/100)Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.
Company profile
address, no SIC, incorporation date
80
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 0 with DOB)
70
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
3 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
80
Good data coverage for analysis.
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 (8 events)Click to expand
- 1992-08-07📄miscellaneousmiscellaneous · MISC
- 1990-10-26📍legacyaddress · BUSADD
- 1989-02-23➕ADJEI, Samuel Kofi appointedsecretary
- 1989-02-23➕PALMER, Edmund appointedsecretary
- 1989-02-23➕BENNING, Benjamin appointeddirector
- 1989-02-23➕SEY, John Augustus appointeddirector
- 1989-02-23📄legacyincorporation · 691
- 1988-12-05🏢Company incorporatedAs DORSEY WOOD PROCESSING LIMITED
Owner dependency
68/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 37 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 37 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 38 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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Statusactive
Typeoversea-company
Incorporated1988-12-05
Jurisdictionunited-kingdom
Primary SIC—
Registered office
John Augustus Sey & 1
28a Miller Road
Croydon
CR0 3JY
Filing status
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Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)
ADJEI, Samuel Kofi→
Activesecretary · appointed 1989-02-23
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Recent filings (3 total)
miscellaneous
miscellaneous · MISC
1992-08-07
legacy
address · BUSADD
1990-10-26
legacy
incorporation · 691
1989-02-23