CLIMBERS' SHOP LIMITED(THE)

🌳Matureactive
01416151 · ltd · incorporated 1979-02-21
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 28.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£1
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 28.5y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 28.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
11 officers (3 active, 11 linked, 8 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
121 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
75
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£1
Current Assets
£1
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-31
Total assets£1
Current assets£1
Net assets£1

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-08-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-03-31
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2021-03-30
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    BARNICOTT, Gillian resigned
    director
  9. 2020-02-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-08-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2017-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-09-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2017-09-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2017-09-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2017-09-01
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  18. 2013-08-09
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    CASEY, Catherine Louise appointed
    director
  19. 2013-05-01
    ➖
    PEYTON, Susan resigned
    director
  20. 2012-01-31
    ➕
    GIBBINS, Raymond James appointed
    secretary
  21. 2012-01-31
    ➖
    WILSON, Christine Elaine resigned
    secretary
  22. 2011-11-15
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    CASEY, Paul appointed
    director
  23. 2011-11-15
    ➕
    BARNICOTT, Gillian appointed
    director
  24. 2011-11-15
    ➖
    BENSON, Tina Elizabeth resigned
    director
  25. 2011-11-15
    ➖
    LYON, Malcolm Kensington resigned
    director
  26. 2011-11-15
    ➖
    NICHOLLS, Carol Anne resigned
    director
  27. 2011-11-15
    ➕
    PEYTON, Susan appointed
    director
  28. 2005-05-04
    ➕
    BENSON, Tina Elizabeth appointed
    director
  29. 2005-05-04
    ➕
    NICHOLLS, Carol Anne appointed
    director
  30. 2001-04-27
    ➖
    HOUGHTON, Jacqueline resigned
    secretary
  31. 2001-04-27
    ➕
    WILSON, Christine Elaine appointed
    secretary
  32. 1997-12-12
    ➖
    DAVIES, Frank Eugene resigned
    director
  33. 1997-12-12
    ➕
    LYON, Malcolm Kensington appointed
    director
  34. 1997-12-12
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  35. 1979-02-21
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CLIMBERS' SHOP LIMITED(THE)

Owner dependency

74/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 47 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

Hooked On Granite Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Hooked On Granite Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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CLIMBERS' SHOP LIMITED(THE)
This company · 01416151

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Hooked On Granite Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Catherine Louise Caseyceased 06/04/2016· 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
Typeltd
Incorporated1979-02-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Compston Corner
Compston Street
Ambleside
Cumbria
LA22 9DS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-28
Last: 2025-08-14

Officers (3 active · 8 resigned)

GIBBINS, Raymond James→
secretary · appointed 2012-01-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CASEY, Catherine Louise→
director · ~53y · appointed 2013-08-09
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Active
CASEY, Paul→
director · ~61y · appointed 2011-11-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOUGHTON, Jacqueline→
secretary · resigned 2001-04-27
Resigned
WILSON, Christine Elaine→
secretary · appointed 2001-04-27 · resigned 2012-01-31
Resigned
BARNICOTT, Gillian→
director · ~71y · appointed 2011-11-15 · resigned 2021-03-30
Resigned
BENSON, Tina Elizabeth→
director · ~69y · appointed 2005-05-04 · resigned 2011-11-15
Resigned
DAVIES, Frank Eugene→
director · ~98y · resigned 1997-12-12
Resigned
LYON, Malcolm Kensington→
director · ~87y · appointed 1997-12-12 · resigned 2011-11-15
Resigned
NICHOLLS, Carol Anne→
director · ~68y · appointed 2005-05-04 · resigned 2011-11-15
Resigned
PEYTON, Susan→
director · ~68y · appointed 2011-11-15 · resigned 2013-05-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Mortgage debenture1 property12/12/1997—
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Recent filings (121 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-04-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-02
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-02-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-27