CHANDLER & DUNN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

00538910 · ltd · incorporated 1954-10-05

Investment thesis

Looks cheap but ownership + security both unclear — probable value trap.

Why interesting: Headline metrics may be attractive.

Why risky: No PSC visibility combined with multiple live charges; transacting likely slow and expensive.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 48.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

£8.63M

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01500

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

6 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 48.7y

60/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 48.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
· Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (64/100)

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

Lenders & charges

6 charges (6/6 with lender, 6/6 with type)

Directors & officers

18 officers (11 active, 18 linked, 15 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

120 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £1,718,817

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31
Turnover	£8.63M
Gross profit	£1.75M
Operating profit	£379.8k
Profit before tax	£1.72M
Average employees	6000

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (48 events)Click to expand

2025-10-22
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-13
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DUNN, Roger Stewart resigned
director
2025-08-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-11
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2024-07-11
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-11
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-07-11
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-07-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-20
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DUNN, Alice appointed
secretary
2024-06-20
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CHANDLER, Peter David resigned
secretary
2023-06-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-12
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-10-12
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-10-12
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-10-12
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-10-12
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-10-12
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-10-01
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CHANDLER, Mark appointed
director
2021-10-01
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CHANDLER, Richard appointed
director
2021-10-01
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DUNN, Alice appointed
director
2021-10-01
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DUNN, Andrew appointed
director
2021-10-01
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DUNN, Charles Stewart appointed
director
2021-10-01
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DUNN, Stewart appointed
director
2021-06-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-03
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-02-03
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2020-09-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2013-08-20
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Charge satisfied #3
2013-08-20
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Charge satisfied #2
2013-08-20
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Charge satisfied #1
2011-02-16
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CHANDLER, David William Oliver resigned
director
2007-07-05
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CHANDLER, Philip Gordon resigned
director
2004-03-24
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Charge registered #6
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2003-07-07
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CHANDLER, Robert Stewart resigned
director
1998-08-11
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Charge satisfied #4
1998-03-24
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Charge registered #5
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
1994-09-16
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CHANDLER, Peter David appointed
secretary
1994-09-16
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CHANDLER, Philip Gordon resigned
secretary
1994-05-06
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DUNN, John Stewart resigned
director
1992-07-02
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CHANDLER, Clive Philip Stewart appointed
director
1992-07-02
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CHANDLER, Peter David appointed
director
1992-07-02
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DUNN, Roger Stewart appointed
director
1990-09-18
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Tsb Bank PLC
1977-10-12
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Charge registered #3
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
1977-10-12
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Charge registered #2
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
1977-10-12
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
1954-10-05
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Company incorporated
As CHANDLER & DUNN LIMITED

Owner dependency

88/100

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

-10 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+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 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

40/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — CHANDLER, Mark (same surname) appointed 2021-10-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 34 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

🔒Co-director network graph

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

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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

Incorporated1954-10-05

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

The Farm Office

Lower Goldstone Ash

Canterbury

CT3 2DY

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-18

Last: 2025-07-04