DPO TRADING LTD

💤Zombieactive

NI620089 · ltd · incorporated 2013-08-28

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Aug 2024

Net worth

£537

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate

Sector: Real estate

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

27 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒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

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £537

Net assets shrinking

Down £2,853 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£537

↓ 84% YoY

Current Assets

£178k

↓ 4.1% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-08-31	2023-08-31
Total assets	£40.4k	£45.9k
Current assets	£178.3k	£186.0k
Net assets	£537	£3.4k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand

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2024-05-30
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2023-05-30
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2022-08-29
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2021-06-30
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2021-01-12
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2019-05-30
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2018-05-31
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2016-05-31
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2013-08-28
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Company incorporated
As DPO TRADING LTD
2013-08-28
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O'CONNOR, Donal appointed
director

Owner dependency

88/100

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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
+No director turnover: Company is 13 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Donal O'Connor Individual · Irish · DOB 03/1963 · age 63	75–100%	75–100%	board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence	01/08/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2013-08-28

Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland

Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

Unit 7 Main Street

Main Street

Moira

BT67 0LE

Northern Ireland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-05-31

Last made up to: 2024-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-14

Last: 2025-06-30

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

O'CONNOR, Donal→

director · ~63y · appointed 2013-08-28

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Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (27 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-07-03

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-05-21

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-07-08

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-05-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-07-19

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-05-30

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-08-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-07-26

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2022-06-14

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-08-09

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2021-07-01

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2021-06-30

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2021-01-12

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-07-20

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2019-07-03