CHERWELL MECHANICAL SERVICES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01612017 · ltd · incorporated 1982-02-08
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 39.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 39.0y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 39.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
99 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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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 | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2017-01-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2016-01-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-01-06📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-10-27📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2015-10-27🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2015-01-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2014-12-30📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 1998-11-30➖HADDOW, James resigneddirector
- 1998-11-30➖VAUGHAN, Albert John resigneddirector
- 1995-11-08➕VAUGHAN, Gavin William appointedsecretary
- 1995-11-08➖PALMER, William Frederick Rodney resignedsecretary
- 1995-06-27➖YATES, Graham Anthony resigneddirector
- 1992-10-30➖SEVERN, Alexander Arthur Richard resigneddirector
- 1991-04-30➖YATES, Barbara Jean resigneddirector
- 1987-05-27🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1982-02-08🏢Company incorporatedAs CHERWELL MECHANICAL SERVICES 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 69 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 44 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.)
Group structure
Vaughan Engineering Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Vaughan Engineering Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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CHERWELL MECHANICAL SERVICES LIMITED
This company · 01612017
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 |
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Vaughan Engineering Group Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1982-02-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999
Registered office
14 Blue Sky Way
Monkton Business Park South
Hebburn
Tyne And Wear
NE31 2EQ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-24
Last: 2025-12-10
Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)
VAUGHAN, Gavin William→
Activesecretary · appointed 1995-11-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
Active
PALMER, William Frederick Rodney→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1995-11-08
HADDOW, James→
Resigneddirector · ~89y · resigned 1998-11-30
SEVERN, Alexander Arthur Richard→
Resigneddirector · ~89y · resigned 1992-10-30
VAUGHAN, Albert John→
Resigneddirector · ~97y · resigned 1998-11-30
YATES, Barbara Jean→
Resigneddirector · ~78y · resigned 1991-04-30
YATES, Graham Anthony→
Resigneddirector · ~78y · resigned 1995-06-27
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Mortgage debenture | 1 property | 27/05/1987 | 27/10/2015 |
Recent filings (99 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2019-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-12-20