CHEVIOT TREES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02216545 · ltd · incorporated 1988-02-02

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 Aug 2024

Net worth

£10.05M

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01300

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 37.8y

35/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Oldest live charge is 37.8 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: high (80/100)

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

Lenders & charges

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

Directors & officers

10 officers (5 active, 10 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

140 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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 · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £10,047,310

Cash YoY

+94%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£5.9m

↑ 94% YoY

Net Worth

£10m

↑ 32% YoY

Current Assets

£8.2m

↑ 59% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-08-31	2023-08-31
Total assets	£10.37M	£7.93M
Current assets	£8.20M	£5.17M
Cash	£5.90M	£3.04M
Debtors	£564.2k	£269.9k
Net assets	£10.05M	£7.62M

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

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2 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

• 3 persons-with-significant-control
• 3 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 persons-with-significant-control
• 3 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand

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FREW, William George Mitchell resigned
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2021-03-23
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COWE, Robin Bruce resigned
director
2013-08-01
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FREW, Alistair Henry appointed
director
2013-08-01
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YOUNG, Caroline Anne appointed
director
2013-01-29
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COWE, Patricia Marion resigned
director
2011-10-24
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2004-09-09
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Charge satisfied #3
1997-06-26
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BUTT, Raymond Alexander resigned
director
1995-07-01
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JACKSON, William Milburn resigned
director
1993-05-20
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JACKSON, William Milburn appointed
director
1992-06-24
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Charge registered #3
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
1992-01-23
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Scottish Borders Enterprise Limited
1988-07-19
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
1988-02-02
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Company incorporated
As CHEVIOT TREES LIMITED

Owner dependency

63/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 38 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Alistair Henry Frew Individual · British · DOB 10/1984 · age 42	50–75%	—	50-75% shares	11/04/2022

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Henry Forrest Frewceased 01/02/2026· 25-50% shares
Mrs Patricia Anne Frewceased 01/02/2026· 25-50% shares

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

Incorporated1988-02-02

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC01300 — SIC 01300

Registered office

Newton Brae

Foulden

Berwick Upon Tweed

TD15 1UL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-05-31

Last made up to: 2024-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-22

Last: 2026-03-08