DIALOGUE ASSOCIATES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04723911 · ltd · incorporated 2003-04-04
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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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£72.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 3 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
76 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £72,436
Net assets shrinking
Down £4,322 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£72k
↓ 5.6% YoY
Current Assets
£68k
↓ 15% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£16k£32k£48k£64k£80kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£74.5k£82.9k
Current assets£68.2k£79.9k
Net assets£72.4k£76.8k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-03-05
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2026-03-05
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2026-03-01
    ➖
    GARRETT, Jennifer Margaret resigned
    director
  5. 2025-10-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-10-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-11-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-03-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2022-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-05-04
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  13. 2020-05-04
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  14. 2020-03-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-10-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-04-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2008-06-18
    ➕
    GARRETT, Jennifer Margaret appointed
    director
  18. 2005-04-26
    ➕
    GARRETT, Peter John Theodore appointed
    secretary
  19. 2005-04-26
    ➖
    HENRY, Robert Douglas resigned
    secretary
  20. 2004-03-11
    ➖
    GARRETT, Peter John Theodore resigned
    secretary
  21. 2004-03-11
    ➕
    HENRY, Robert Douglas appointed
    secretary
  22. 2003-04-04
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As DIALOGUE ASSOCIATES LIMITED
  23. 2003-04-04
    ➕
    BALL, Jane Louise appointed
    director
  24. 2003-04-04
    ➕
    GARRETT, Peter John Theodore appointed
    director
  25. 2003-04-04
    ➕
    GARRETT, Peter John Theodore appointed
    secretary
  26. 2003-04-04
    ➕
    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2003-04-04
    ➖
    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2003-04-04
    ➕
    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 2003-04-04
    ➖
    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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
Ms Jane Louise Ball
Individual · British · DOB 04/1967 · age 59
—25–50%25-50% voting01/03/2026
Mr Peter John Theodore Garrett
Individual · British · DOB 04/1948 · age 78
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Jennifer Margaret Garrettceased 01/03/2026· 25-50% shares

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-04-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

The Firs
The Square
Chipping Campden
Glos
GL55 6AL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-11
Last: 2026-03-28

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

GARRETT, Peter John Theodore→
secretary · appointed 2005-04-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BALL, Jane Louise→
director · ~59y · appointed 2003-04-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GARRETT, Peter John Theodore→
director · ~78y · appointed 2003-04-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GARRETT, Peter John Theodore→
secretary · appointed 2003-04-04 · resigned 2004-03-11
Resigned
HENRY, Robert Douglas→
secretary · appointed 2004-03-11 · resigned 2005-04-26
Resigned
LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-04-04 · resigned 2003-04-04
Resigned
GARRETT, Jennifer Margaret→
director · ~79y · appointed 2008-06-18 · resigned 2026-03-01
Resigned
LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-04-04 · resigned 2003-04-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (76 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-02
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-05
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-03-05
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-30