48 DRAGON VIEW HARROGATE LTD

🌳Matureactive
09484763 · ltd · incorporated 2015-03-12
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.
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year to Mar 2025
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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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 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (74/100)

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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
33 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-08-01
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  4. 2024-01-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-06-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-03-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2020-08-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-12-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2019-12-02
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    administrative-restoration-company
    restoration · RT01
  12. 2019-09-24
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    gazette-dissolved-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ2
  13. 2019-07-09
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  14. 2019-05-11
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2019-05-01
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    CAMPBELL, Lee resigned
    director
  16. 2019-01-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-01-09
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    LOWDE, Geoffrey William appointed
    director
  19. 2017-01-09
    ➕
    CAMPBELL, Lee appointed
    director
  20. 2015-03-12
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    Company incorporated
    As 48 DRAGON VIEW HARROGATE LTD
  21. 2015-03-12
    ➕
    MCMAW, Kevin James appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-03-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

44 Albert Road
Harrogate
HG1 4HX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-15
Last: 2025-08-01

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

LOWDE, Geoffrey William→
director · ~67y · appointed 2017-01-09
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Active
MCMAW, Kevin James→
director · ~61y · appointed 2015-03-12
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Active
CAMPBELL, Lee→
director · ~61y · appointed 2017-01-09 · resigned 2019-05-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (33 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-01
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-08-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-15