CHT UK BRIDGWATER LTD.

🌳Matureactive

01185365 · ltd · incorporated 1974-09-26

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 45.3y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Dec 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 20590

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: leverage-led grower with exceptional profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 65/100. 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

4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 45.3y

50/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 45.3 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.

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

Lenders & charges

4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)

Directors & officers

22 officers (5 active, 22 linked, 17 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

145 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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

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 £1,676,155

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Profit before tax	£1.68M	£2.08M
Average employees	52	5300

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (56 events)Click to expand

2026-03-13
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accounts · AA
2025-03-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-12
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officers · AP01
2025-02-12
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officers · AP01
2025-02-12
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-02-01
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BAUMANN, Eva Barbara appointed
director
2025-02-01
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RINK, Christian, Dr appointed
director
2024-02-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-15
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officers · TM01
2023-12-04
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mortgage · MR01
2023-12-01
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2023-11-20
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HETTICH, Bernhard Josef, Dr resigned
director
2023-10-20
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-10-06
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HETTICH, Bernhard Josef, Dr appointed
director
2023-10-06
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-09-28
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NAUMANN, Frank, Dr resigned
director
2023-03-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-17
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JONES, Keith Francis appointed
secretary
2021-11-17
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THOMPSON, Andrew Philip resigned
secretary
2021-11-17
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2021-11-17
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-04-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-02-20
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mortgage · MR01
2020-02-17
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Charge registered #3
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2019-08-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2019-04-08
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JONES, Keith Francis appointed
director
2018-04-26
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BRUCKMANN, Ralf, Dr resigned
director
2015-01-01
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BRUCKMANN, Ralf, Dr appointed
director
2015-01-01
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NAUMANN, Frank, Dr appointed
director
2014-12-31
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MECHEL, Erich resigned
director
2009-05-31
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WILKINS, Colin Roy resigned
director
2009-03-24
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THOMPSON, Andrew Philip appointed
secretary
2009-03-24
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WILKINS, Colin Roy resigned
secretary
2008-03-01
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THOMPSON, Andrew Philip appointed
director
2003-05-28
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MECHEL, Erich appointed
director
2003-05-27
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FEUSTEL, Dieter, Dr resigned
director
2002-07-01
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HANNAPPEL, Klaus resigned
director
2002-03-27
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FEUSTEL, Dieter, Dr appointed
director
2002-03-27
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WEIGAND, Norbert, Doctor resigned
director
2000-07-04
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HAMBRECHT, Ulrich resigned
director
2000-07-04
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HANNAPPEL, Klaus appointed
director
1997-01-10
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RICHARDSON, John Alfred resigned
secretary
1997-01-10
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WILKINS, Colin Roy appointed
secretary
1997-01-10
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RICHARDSON, John Alfred resigned
director
1993-01-01
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RICHARDSON, John Alfred appointed
secretary
1993-01-01
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RICHARDSON, John Alfred appointed
director
1992-12-31
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ROOT, Herbert Vernon resigned
secretary
1992-12-31
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ROOT, Herbert Vernon resigned
director

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Owner dependency

58/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

53/100

Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
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

Cht Group Gmbh is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Cht Group Gmbh

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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CHT UK BRIDGWATER LTD.

This company · 01185365

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Cht Group Gmbh Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest	29/03/2017

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

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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

Incorporated1974-09-26

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC20590 — SIC 20590

Registered office

Showground Road

Bridgwater

Somerset

TA6 6AJ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-12

Last: 2026-03-29