CHELBOROUGH LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02250537 · ltd · incorporated 1988-05-03
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 36.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£1.45M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 85). 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

2 live charges · oldest 36.4y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 36.4 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: 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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
10 officers (4 active, 10 linked, 8 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
126 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
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 £1,450,908

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£1.5m
Current Assets
£975k
Current Liabilities
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£0£290k£580k£871k£1.2m£1.5mDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£1.45M—
Current assets£975.1k—
Net assets£1.45M—
Average employees—900

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-26
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  2. 2024-09-29
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  3. 2023-09-30
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  4. 2022-09-30
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  5. 2021-09-20
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  6. 2020-12-31
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  7. 2019-09-04
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  8. 2018-08-24
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  9. 2018-08-22
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  10. 2017-11-08
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  11. 2017-10-20
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  12. 2017-08-22
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  13. 2016-08-20
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  14. 2016-01-12
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  15. 2016-01-11
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  16. 2015-08-24
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  17. 2005-02-28
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    WINSOR, Ian Robert appointed
    secretary
  18. 2005-02-28
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    RENNISON, Christine Ann resigned
    secretary
  19. 2003-11-11
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    CROOK, Barry John appointed
    director
  20. 2003-11-11
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    CROOK, Michelle Anne appointed
    director
  21. 2003-11-11
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    DAVIES, Ronald Edward James resigned
    director
  22. 2003-11-11
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    DONOVAN, John Daniel resigned
    director
  23. 2003-11-11
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    HANN, Andrew Neil resigned
    director
  24. 2003-11-11
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    WILCOX-BROWN, Trevor John resigned
    director
  25. 1998-07-14
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    DAVIES, Ronald Edward James appointed
    director
  26. 1993-01-25
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    DONOVAN, John Daniel appointed
    director
  27. 1993-01-25
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    SIRETT, Victor George resigned
    director
  28. 1992-06-19
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    SIRETT, Victor George appointed
    director
  29. 1990-02-23
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  30. 1988-05-03
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    Company incorporated
    As CHELBOROUGH LIMITED

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 85 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Barry John Crook
Individual · British · DOB 09/1958 · age 68
50–75%
—50-75% shares19/12/2016
Mrs Michelle Crook
Individual · British · DOB 07/1965 · age 61
25–50%
—25-50% shares19/12/2016

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
Incorporated1988-05-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93290 — Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Registered office

20 Vespasian Way
Dorchester
Dorset
DT1 2RD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-14
Last: 2025-12-31

Officers (4 active · 6 resigned)

WINSOR, Ian Robert→
secretary · appointed 2005-02-28
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Active
CROOK, Barry John→
director · ~68y · appointed 2003-11-11
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Active
CROOK, Michelle Anne→
director · ~62y · appointed 2003-11-11
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Active
RENNISON, Ian Anthony→
director · ~85y
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Active
RENNISON, Christine Ann→
secretary · resigned 2005-02-28
Resigned
DAVIES, Ronald Edward James→
director · ~80y · appointed 1998-07-14 · resigned 2003-11-11
Resigned
DONOVAN, John Daniel→
director · ~78y · appointed 1993-01-25 · resigned 2003-11-11
Resigned
HANN, Andrew Neil→
director · ~79y · resigned 2003-11-11
Resigned
SIRETT, Victor George→
director · ~93y · appointed 1992-06-19 · resigned 1993-01-25
Resigned
WILCOX-BROWN, Trevor John→
director · ~89y · resigned 2003-11-11
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property20/10/2017—
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property23/02/1990—
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Recent filings (126 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-23
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2025-09-26
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2025-02-07
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2024-09-29
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2024-01-09
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2023-09-30
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2022-12-31
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2022-09-30
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2022-01-14
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accounts · AA
2021-09-20
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2021-01-05
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accounts · AA
2020-12-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-07
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accounts · AA
2019-09-04
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-01-23