ANCESTORS OF DOVER PARTNERS LLP
💤Zombieactive
OC386873 · llp · incorporated 2013-07-26
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
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, no SIC, incorporation date
80
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
18 officers (2 active, 18 linked, 18 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 10 total, 10 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
77 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
80
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 0 | 0 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (60 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-08-21📄confirmation-statement-with-no-updatesconfirmation-statement · LLCS01
- 2025-08-19📄change-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-dateofficers · LLCH01
- 2025-08-19📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnershippersons-with-significant-control · LLPSC07
- 2025-07-17📄termination-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-termination-dateofficers · LLTM01
- 2025-07-17📄termination-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-termination-dateofficers · LLTM01
- 2025-07-17📄termination-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-termination-dateofficers · LLTM01
- 2025-07-17📄termination-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-termination-dateofficers · LLTM01
- 2025-07-17📄termination-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-termination-dateofficers · LLTM01
- 2025-07-17📄termination-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-termination-dateofficers · LLTM01
- 2025-07-17📄termination-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-termination-dateofficers · LLTM01
- 2025-07-17📄termination-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-termination-dateofficers · LLTM01
- 2025-03-31➖HUMPHERY-SMITH, Pola resignedllp-designated-member
- 2025-03-31➖DAVEY, Jai resignedllp-member
- 2025-03-31➖HORTON, Ricki resignedllp-member
- 2025-03-31➖HUMPHERY-SMITH, Victoria resignedllp-member
- 2025-03-31➖KAMBA GOTORA, Tawanda resignedllp-member
- 2025-03-31➖KHAEKNOI, Phiyada resignedllp-member
- 2025-03-31➖LINCOLN, Harry resignedllp-member
- 2025-03-31➖WARMAN, Lewis resignedllp-member
- 2024-10-23📄appoint-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-appointment-dateofficers · LLAP01
- 2024-10-09📄appoint-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-appointment-dateofficers · LLAP01
- 2024-10-01➕KHAEKNOI, Phiyada appointedllp-member
- 2024-10-01➕LINCOLN, Harry appointedllp-member
- 2024-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-22📄confirmation-statement-with-no-updatesconfirmation-statement · LLCS01
- 2024-08-20📄appoint-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-appointment-dateofficers · LLAP01
- 2024-08-01➕HUMPHERY-SMITH, Nicholas appointedllp-designated-member
- 2024-05-01📄appoint-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-appointment-dateofficers · LLAP01
- 2024-04-30📄appoint-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-appointment-dateofficers · LLAP01
- 2024-04-06➕KAMBA GOTORA, Tawanda appointedllp-member
- 2024-04-06➕WARMAN, Lewis appointedllp-member
- 2023-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-08📄confirmation-statement-with-no-updatesconfirmation-statement · LLCS01
- 2023-06-20📄appoint-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-appointment-dateofficers · LLAP01
- 2023-06-05➕HUMPHERY-SMITH, Victoria appointedllp-member
- 2022-08-18📄confirmation-statement-with-no-updatesconfirmation-statement · LLCS01
- 2022-07-04📄appoint-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-appointment-dateofficers · LLAP01
- 2022-06-16📄termination-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-termination-dateofficers · LLTM01
- 2022-06-10➖HUMPHREY-SMITH, Nicholas resignedllp-designated-member
- 2022-02-01➕DAVEY, Jai appointedllp-member
- 2021-02-05➖COLOMBI, Chiara resignedllp-designated-member
- 2020-08-01➕COLOMBI, Chiara appointedllp-designated-member
- 2020-08-01➕HUMPHERY-SMITH, Pola appointedllp-designated-member
- 2020-03-23➖NORRIS, Howard resignedllp-member
- 2019-04-11➖ROBERTS, Nathan resignedllp-member
- 2018-08-31➖HUMPHERY-SMITH, Michael Nicholas resignedllp-designated-member
- 2018-08-01➖HOLLIER, Amanda resignedllp-member
- 2017-09-01➖GRAHAM, Anne resignedllp-member
- 2017-01-16➕GRAHAM, Anne appointedllp-member
Showing most recent 50 of 60 events
Owner dependency
50/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
Succession & seller-readiness
30/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
Red flags
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Timothy Parsons Individual · British · DOB 08/1965 · age 61 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
9 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Ms Anne Grahamceased 01/09/2017· significant influence
- Mr Rickie Hortonceased 31/03/2025· significant influence
- Mr Nicholas Humphrey-Smithceased 10/06/2022· significant influence
- Mr Howard Norrisceased 23/03/2020· significant influence
- Mr Nathan Robertsceased 11/04/2019· significant influence
- Mr Michael Humphrey-Smithceased 31/08/2018· significant influence
- Mrs Amanda Hollierceased 01/08/2018· significant influence
- Mr Bozena Cholewinskaceased 08/02/2017· significant influence
- Miss Jacqueline Shawceased 31/12/2016· significant influence
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typellp
Incorporated2013-07-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC—
Registered office
Bowles Well Gardens
Dover Road
Folkestone
Kent
CT19 6PQ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-17
Last: 2025-08-03
Officers (2 active · 16 resigned)
HUMPHERY-SMITH, Nicholas→
Activellp-designated-member · ~66y · appointed 2024-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
PARSONS, Timothy→
Activellp-designated-member · ~61y · appointed 2013-07-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
COLOMBI, Chiara→
Resignedllp-designated-member · ~42y · appointed 2020-08-01 · resigned 2021-02-05
HUMPHERY-SMITH, Michael Nicholas→
Resignedllp-designated-member · ~47y · appointed 2013-07-26 · resigned 2018-08-31
HUMPHERY-SMITH, Pola→
Resignedllp-designated-member · ~47y · appointed 2020-08-01 · resigned 2025-03-31
HUMPHREY-SMITH, Anne Esther→
Resignedllp-designated-member · ~67y · appointed 2013-07-26 · resigned 2015-06-30
HUMPHREY-SMITH, Nicholas→
Resignedllp-designated-member · ~66y · appointed 2013-07-26 · resigned 2022-06-10
DAVEY, Jai→
Resignedllp-member · ~30y · appointed 2022-02-01 · resigned 2025-03-31
GRAHAM, Anne→
Resignedllp-member · ~67y · appointed 2017-01-16 · resigned 2017-09-01
HOLLIER, Amanda→
Resignedllp-member · ~61y · appointed 2013-07-26 · resigned 2018-08-01
HORTON, Ricki→
Resignedllp-member · ~52y · appointed 2013-07-26 · resigned 2025-03-31
HUMPHERY-SMITH, Victoria→
Resignedllp-member · ~34y · appointed 2023-06-05 · resigned 2025-03-31
KAMBA GOTORA, Tawanda→
Resignedllp-member · ~26y · appointed 2024-04-06 · resigned 2025-03-31
KHAEKNOI, Phiyada→
Resignedllp-member · ~21y · appointed 2024-10-01 · resigned 2025-03-31
LINCOLN, Harry→
Resignedllp-member · ~27y · appointed 2024-10-01 · resigned 2025-03-31
NORRIS, Howard→
Resignedllp-member · ~36y · appointed 2013-09-01 · resigned 2020-03-23
ROBERTS, Nathan→
Resignedllp-member · ~33y · appointed 2014-10-01 · resigned 2019-04-11
WARMAN, Lewis→
Resignedllp-member · ~27y · appointed 2024-04-06 · resigned 2025-03-31
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Recent filings (77 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2025-08-21
change-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-date
officers · LLCH01
2025-08-19
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC07
2025-08-19
termination-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-termination-date
officers · LLTM01
2025-07-17
termination-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-termination-date
officers · LLTM01
2025-07-17
termination-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-termination-date
officers · LLTM01
2025-07-17
termination-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-termination-date
officers · LLTM01
2025-07-17
termination-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-termination-date
officers · LLTM01
2025-07-17
termination-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-termination-date
officers · LLTM01
2025-07-17
termination-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-termination-date
officers · LLTM01
2025-07-17
termination-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-termination-date
officers · LLTM01
2025-07-17
appoint-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-appointment-date
officers · LLAP01
2024-10-23
appoint-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-appointment-date
officers · LLAP01
2024-10-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-09-30