A.E.CHESSWAS & SON LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
00519050 · ltd · incorporated 1953-04-27
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
—
year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£579.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueDormant / non-trading with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
4 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 40.8y
35/100
too messy
Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.
- · Oldest live charge is 40.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 35/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
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
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
102 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →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
70
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 105 (micro)Positive net assets
Net assets £578,978
Net assets shrinking
Down £8,929 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£579k
↓ 1.5% YoY
Current Assets
£93k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £580.1k | £589.0k |
| Current assets | £93.2k | £92.9k |
| Net assets | £579.0k | £587.9k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-14📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-06-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-05-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-09📍change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD02
- 2021-02-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-02📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-03-20➕DYSON, Julie Diane appointeddirector
- 2020-03-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-20📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2019-04-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-05-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-05-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2014-05-28➖DYSON, Pearl Marion resignedsecretary
- 2014-05-28➖DYSON, Pearl Marion resigneddirector
- 1991-08-22➖CHESSWAS, Elizabeth Anita Marjorie resigneddirector
- 1990-05-11🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Harold Brian Mitchell
- 1988-09-15🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1985-08-23🔒Charge registered #2Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1985-08-23🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1953-04-27🏢Company incorporatedAs A.E.CHESSWAS & SON LIMITED
Owner dependency
81/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong 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.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 73 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
Red flags
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr John Allen Dyson Individual · British · DOB 04/1948 · age 78 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Julie Diane Dyson Individual · British · DOB 10/1952 · age 74 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1953-04-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company
Registered office
First Floor, Unit A4 Old Power Way
Lowfields Business Park
Elland
HX5 9DE
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-12
Last: 2026-05-29
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
Active
DYSON, Julie Diane→
Activedirector · ~74y · appointed 2020-03-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DYSON, Pearl Marion→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2014-05-28
CHESSWAS, Elizabeth Anita Marjorie→
Resigneddirector · ~122y · resigned 1991-08-22
DYSON, Pearl Marion→
Resigneddirector · ~103y · resigned 2014-05-28
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
4
Total charges
4
Outstanding
3
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Harold Brian Mitchell / Margaret Mitchell | Legal charge | 2 properties | 11/05/1990 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 15/09/1988 | — | |
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 23/08/1985 | — | |
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 23/08/1985 | — |
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Recent filings (102 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-06-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-09
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2021-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-25