DEANS ACCOUNTANTS AND BUSINESS ADVISORS LTD.
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Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 20.3y
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 20.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Key financials
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 1800 | 1700 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
3 signals 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
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-12📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-12-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-30📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-01-15📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-01-15📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2021-01-14📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-01-05📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-12-31➖GARDEN, Neil John resigneddirector
- 2020-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-04-27📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2018-04-27📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2007-03-31➖DEANS, Derek Thomas resigneddirector
- 2006-04-01➕DEANS, Derek Thomas appointeddirector
- 2006-03-08🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 1998-05-20🏢Company incorporatedAs DEANS ACCOUNTANTS AND BUSINESS ADVISORS LTD.
- 1998-05-20➕CAMPBELL, David Alasdair appointedsecretary
- 1998-05-20➕CAMPBELL, David Alasdair appointeddirector
- 1998-05-20➕REID, Brian appointednominee-secretary
- 1998-05-20➖REID, Brian resignednominee-secretary
- 1998-05-20➕GARDEN, Neil John appointeddirector
- 1998-05-20➕MABBOTT, Stephen appointednominee-director
- 1998-05-20➖MABBOTT, Stephen resignednominee-director
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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
cleanGroup structure
Dac 1964 Holdings Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dac 1964 Holdings Ltd Corporate entity | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 31/12/2020 |
Mr David Alasdair Campbell Individual · British · DOB 12/1964 · age 62 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 08/06/2016 |
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Neil John Gardenceased 31/12/2020· 25-50% shares
- Mr David Alasdair Campbellceased 31/12/2020· 25-50% shares
- Mr Neil John Gardenceased 31/12/2020· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →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.
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Filing status
Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 08/03/2006 | — |