DHS ENERGY LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC223487 · ltd · incorporated 2001-09-24
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£234.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -61% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 13.3y

30/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 13.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
68 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £234,246
Cash draining
Cash down 61% YoY
Cash YoY
-61%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£27k
↓ 61% YoY
Net Worth
£234k
↑ 8.0% YoY
Current Assets
£33k
↓ 54% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£47k£94k£141k£187k£234kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£234.2k£267.6k
Current assets£33.3k£72.1k
Cash£27.3k£70.6k
Debtors£6.0k£1.5k
Net assets£234.2k£216.9k

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.

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Recent activity

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Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-08
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  2. 2025-06-25
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  3. 2024-05-27
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  4. 2023-04-17
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  5. 2022-06-20
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  6. 2021-06-09
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  7. 2020-02-07
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  8. 2019-02-21
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  9. 2018-02-15
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  10. 2017-02-09
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  11. 2016-03-08
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  12. 2015-09-24
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  13. 2015-05-19
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  14. 2014-10-22
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  15. 2014-06-21
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  16. 2013-03-01
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  17. 2013-02-18
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Scotland PLC
  18. 2013-02-01
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Scotland PLC
  19. 2013-02-01
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  20. 2001-09-28
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
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  21. 2001-09-28
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
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  22. 2001-09-25
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    SMITH, Carol Anne appointed
    secretary
  23. 2001-09-25
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    SMITH, Carol Anne appointed
    director
  24. 2001-09-25
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    SMITH, Douglas Henry appointed
    director
  25. 2001-09-24
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    Company incorporated
    As DHS ENERGY LTD.
  26. 2001-09-24
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
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  27. 2001-09-24
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
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Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Carol Anne Smith
Individual · British · DOB 11/1966 · age 60
25–50%
—25-50% shares24/09/2016
Mr Douglas Henry Smith
Individual · British · DOB 08/1961 · age 65
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2001-09-24
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

5 Kings Court
Falkirk
FK1 1PG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-08
Last: 2025-09-24

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

SMITH, Carol Anne→
secretary · appointed 2001-09-25
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Active
SMITH, Carol Anne→
director · ~60y · appointed 2001-09-25
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SMITH, Douglas Henry→
director · ~65y · appointed 2001-09-25
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Active
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-09-24 · resigned 2001-09-28
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-09-24 · resigned 2001-09-28
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
4
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
Standard security1 property01/03/2013—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property18/02/2013—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property01/02/2013—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property01/02/2013—
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Recent filings (68 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-08
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-10-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-02-21