CHANDLER'S HATCHERIES

🌳Matureactive
00364790 · private-unlimited · incorporated 1941-01-10
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 Apr 2024
Net worth
£879.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of open-ended investment companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
69 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £879,719

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£17k
Net Worth
£880k
Current Assets
£1.0m
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-04-05
Total assets£1.09M
Current assets£1.01M
Cash£17.0k
Debtors£1.8k
Net assets£879.7k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  2. 2025-07-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2024-07-12
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  4. 2024-07-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2024-07-08
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  6. 2024-07-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-06-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2019-09-17
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2019-09-16
    ➕
    CHANDLER, Yvonne Sandra appointed
    director
  10. 2019-05-07
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    move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
    address · AD03
  11. 2018-06-25
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  12. 2018-06-25
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  13. 2016-06-28
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-06-12
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2014-06-13
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2013-06-12
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2012-01-11
    ➖
    CHANDLER, Brenda Eileen resigned
    secretary
  18. 2012-01-11
    ➖
    CHANDLER, Brenda Eileen resigned
    director
  19. 1995-11-02
    ➕
    CHANDLER, David appointed
    director
  20. 1995-11-02
    ➖
    CHANDLER, Desmond Eric resigned
    director
  21. 1941-01-10
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CHANDLER'S HATCHERIES

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CHANDLER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 84 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 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 85 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.)

Group structure

Duncan & Toplis Trustees Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

🏛️
Duncan & Toplis Trustees Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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CHANDLER'S HATCHERIES
This company · 00364790

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Chandler
Individual · British · DOB 06/1942 · age 84
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
Duncan & Toplis Trustees Limited
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting22/11/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr John Duncan Andrewceased 22/11/2017· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-unlimited
Incorporated1941-01-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64304 — Activities of open-ended investment companies

Registered office

Moor Lodge Moor Lane, Blacksmith End
Stathern
Melton Mowbray
Leicestershire
LE14 4EP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: —
Last made up to: 2024-04-05
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-24
Last: 2025-07-10

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

CHANDLER, David→
director · ~84y · appointed 1995-11-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHANDLER, Yvonne Sandra→
director · ~80y · appointed 2019-09-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHANDLER, Brenda Eileen→
secretary · resigned 2012-01-11
Resigned
CHANDLER, Brenda Eileen→
director · ~107y · resigned 2012-01-11
Resigned
CHANDLER, Desmond Eric→
director · ~120y · resigned 1995-11-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (69 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-16
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-07-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-07-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-06-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-10
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-09-17