CHAMBER TRAINING (HUMBER) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02267397 · ltd · incorporated 1988-06-14
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
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
15 officers (3 active, 15 linked, 7 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
122 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Average employees00

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (40 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-04-15
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  3. 2024-06-04
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  4. 2023-03-21
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  5. 2022-04-27
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  6. 2021-05-20
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  7. 2020-05-12
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  8. 2019-04-23
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  9. 2018-04-06
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  10. 2017-04-05
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  11. 2016-05-04
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  12. 2016-02-05
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  13. 2015-03-24
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  14. 2015-01-29
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  15. 2014-12-01
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  16. 2014-11-24
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    DENNISON, Samantha Elise appointed
    secretary
  17. 2014-11-24
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    WARRAN, Stephen John resigned
    secretary
  18. 2014-08-05
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    WARRAN, Stephen John appointed
    secretary
  19. 2014-05-27
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    LOWTON, Samantha Elise resigned
    secretary
  20. 2012-05-15
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    LOWTON, Samantha Elise appointed
    secretary
  21. 2012-05-15
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    SWEETING, Jean resigned
    secretary
  22. 2010-12-01
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    SWEETING, Jean appointed
    secretary
  23. 2010-11-30
    ➖
    PONTONE, Nicholas John resigned
    secretary
  24. 2010-11-02
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    KELLY, Ian Spencer appointed
    director
  25. 2002-06-17
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    KELLY, Ian Spencer resigned
    secretary
  26. 2002-06-17
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    PONTONE, Nicholas John appointed
    secretary
  27. 1996-04-03
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    HULL & HUMBER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INDUSTRY & SHIPPING appointed
    corporate-director
  28. 1996-04-03
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    KELLY, Ian Spencer resigned
    director
  29. 1996-01-24
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    KELLY, Ian Spencer appointed
    secretary
  30. 1996-01-24
    ➖
    MYERS, Derek resigned
    secretary
  31. 1996-01-24
    ➖
    BROWN, Christopher Mcneill resigned
    director
  32. 1996-01-24
    ➖
    FOERS, Maureen resigned
    director
  33. 1996-01-24
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    KELLY, Ian Spencer appointed
    director
  34. 1996-01-24
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    MARSHALL, John Neilson Adam resigned
    director
  35. 1996-01-24
    ➖
    MYERS, Derek resigned
    director
  36. 1994-03-04
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    FOERS, Maureen appointed
    director
  37. 1994-01-10
    ➖
    POLLEY, Gordon resigned
    director
  38. 1993-01-27
    ➕
    BROWN, Christopher Mcneill appointed
    director
  39. 1988-06-16
    ➕
    MYERS, Derek appointed
    director
  40. 1988-06-14
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    Company incorporated
    As CHAMBER TRAINING (HUMBER) LIMITED

Owner dependency

76/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 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.)
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6 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
Incorporated1988-06-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

34/38 Beverley Road
Hull
HU3 1YE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-12
Last: 2026-01-29

Officers (3 active · 12 resigned)

DENNISON, Samantha Elise→
secretary · appointed 2014-11-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KELLY, Ian Spencer→
director · ~62y · appointed 2010-11-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HULL & HUMBER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INDUSTRY & SHIPPING→
corporate-director · appointed 1996-04-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KELLY, Ian Spencer→
secretary · appointed 1996-01-24 · resigned 2002-06-17
Resigned
LOWTON, Samantha Elise→
secretary · appointed 2012-05-15 · resigned 2014-05-27
Resigned
MYERS, Derek→
secretary · resigned 1996-01-24
Resigned
PONTONE, Nicholas John→
secretary · appointed 2002-06-17 · resigned 2010-11-30
Resigned
SWEETING, Jean→
secretary · appointed 2010-12-01 · resigned 2012-05-15
Resigned
WARRAN, Stephen John→
secretary · appointed 2014-08-05 · resigned 2014-11-24
Resigned
BROWN, Christopher Mcneill→
director · ~78y · appointed 1993-01-27 · resigned 1996-01-24
Resigned
FOERS, Maureen→
director · ~87y · appointed 1994-03-04 · resigned 1996-01-24
Resigned
KELLY, Ian Spencer→
director · ~62y · appointed 1996-01-24 · resigned 1996-04-03
Resigned
MARSHALL, John Neilson Adam→
director · ~90y · resigned 1996-01-24
Resigned
MYERS, Derek→
director · ~95y · appointed 1988-06-16 · resigned 1996-01-24
Resigned
POLLEY, Gordon→
director · ~97y · resigned 1994-01-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (122 total)

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2026-05-18
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2026-01-29
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accounts · AA
2025-04-15
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-07
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2024-06-04
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2024-01-31
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2023-03-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-02
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accounts · AA
2022-04-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-31
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accounts · AA
2021-05-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-29
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accounts · AA
2020-05-12
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-30
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accounts · AA
2019-04-23