CHAMBER INVESTMENTS AND ENTERPRISE (HUMBER) LTD.

🌳Matureactive

02288532 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1988-08-22

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 21.6y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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Net worth

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Opportunity

83/100

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 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. 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).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 21.6y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 21.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (74/100)

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

38 officers (3 active, 38 linked, 30 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

158 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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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 · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30
Average employees	0	0

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (75 events)Click to expand

2026-05-18
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2025-04-15
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2024-06-04
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2023-03-21
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2022-04-27
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2021-05-20
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accounts · AA
2020-05-22
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accounts · AA
2019-04-23
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accounts · AA
2018-04-06
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accounts · AA
2017-04-05
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accounts · AA
2016-09-21
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resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2016-05-04
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accounts · AA
2016-03-14
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2015-04-02
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2015-03-23
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accounts · AA
2014-11-24
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DENNISON, Samantha Elise appointed
secretary
2014-11-24
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WARRAN, Stephen John resigned
secretary
2014-08-05
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WARRAN, Stephen John appointed
secretary
2014-05-27
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LOWTON, Samantha Elise resigned
secretary
2012-05-15
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LOWTON, Samantha Elise appointed
secretary
2012-05-15
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SWEETING, Jean resigned
secretary
2010-12-01
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SWEETING, Jean appointed
secretary
2010-11-30
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PONTONE, Nicholas John resigned
secretary
2010-11-02
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KELLY, Ian Spencer appointed
director
2008-12-11
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Charge satisfied #1
2008-09-25
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HULL AND HUMBER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INDUSTRY AND SHIPPING appointed
corporate-director
2008-09-25
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HAMER, Philip Christopher resigned
director
2008-09-25
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HANSOM, Keith resigned
director
2008-09-25
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HOWARD, Anthony Edwin resigned
director
2008-09-25
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O'CONNOR, Michael Kevin resigned
director
2008-05-30
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HAMBY, Norma resigned
secretary
2008-05-30
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PONTONE, Nicholas John appointed
secretary
2008-05-21
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KING, Roger David resigned
director
2008-03-31
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HANSLIP, Colin Stuart resigned
director
2008-03-31
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HOPE, Eric Charles resigned
director
2008-03-31
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SLOAN, Andrew, Councillor resigned
director
2007-11-22
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WILLIAMSON, Michael Charles Bruce resigned
director
2007-04-05
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HOPE, Eric Charles appointed
director
2006-07-28
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SLOAN, Andrew, Councillor appointed
director
2005-12-31
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DUNN, Anthony Ashford resigned
director
2005-12-31
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HUNT, Anthony John resigned
director
2004-12-06
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2003-11-14
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SPEIRS, Alan Malcolm resigned
director
2003-07-18
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KILLORAN, Michael Robert resigned
director
2003-04-25
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MUNN, Peter William resigned
director
2002-12-12
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WILLIAMSON, Michael Charles Bruce appointed
director
2000-11-30
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KILLORAN, Michael Robert appointed
director
2000-06-05
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MACLEOD BROWN, Linda Elizabeth resigned
director
2000-06-05
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MULGROVE, James Sydney resigned
director
1999-12-13
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MACLEOD BROWN, Linda Elizabeth appointed
director

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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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

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 62. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 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.)

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1988-08-22

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

34-38 Beverley Road

Hull

East Yorkshire

HU3 1YE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-26

Last: 2026-03-12

Officers (3 active · 35 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 AND HUMBER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INDUSTRY AND SHIPPING→

corporate-director · appointed 2008-09-25

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

HAMBY, Norma→

secretary · appointed 1998-12-14 · resigned 2008-05-30

Resigned

LOWTON, Samantha Elise→

secretary · appointed 2012-05-15 · resigned 2014-05-27

Resigned

PONTONE, Nicholas John→

secretary · appointed 2008-05-30 · resigned 2010-11-30

Resigned

SPEIRS, Alan Malcolm→

secretary · resigned 1998-12-14

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

BELL, Derek John→

director · ~96y · resigned 1999-06-30

Resigned

DEAN, Cecil Frank Robin→

director · ~88y · resigned 1993-10-14

Resigned

DUNN, Anthony Ashford→

director · ~94y · resigned 2005-12-31

Resigned

FOERS, Maureen→

director · ~87y · appointed 1994-12-30 · resigned 1996-06-17

Resigned

HAMER, Philip Christopher→

director · ~80y · resigned 2008-09-25

Resigned

HANSLIP, Colin Stuart→

director · ~80y · appointed 1996-11-26 · resigned 2008-03-31

Resigned

HANSOM, Keith→

director · ~65y · appointed 1997-04-14 · resigned 2008-09-25

Resigned

HOPE, Eric Charles→

director · ~79y · appointed 2007-04-05 · resigned 2008-03-31

Resigned

HOWARD, Anthony Edwin→

director · ~72y · appointed 1993-12-13 · resigned 2008-09-25

Resigned

HUNT, Anthony John→

director · ~88y · resigned 2005-12-31

Resigned

JONES, Alan Michael Macdonald→

director · ~82y · resigned 1997-04-14

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	satisfied	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	Legal charge	1 property	06/12/2004	11/12/2008