CHESWOLD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02829649 · ltd · incorporated 1993-06-23

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 12.4y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 83). 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 12.4y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 12.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

9 officers (4 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

88 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	4	200

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

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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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand

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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2013-11-06
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MORALEE, Andrew Dryden appointed
director
1995-12-15
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MORALEE, Angela Gwendoline appointed
secretary
1995-12-15
➕
MORALEE, Andrew appointed
director
1995-12-15
➕
MORALEE, Angela Gwendoline appointed
director
1995-12-15
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ALLEN, Dorothy Isabel resigned
secretary
1995-12-15
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ALLEN, John resigned
director
1995-12-15
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ALLEN, Thomas resigned
director
1993-07-02
➖
NOMINEE SECRETARIES LTD resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1993-07-02
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NOMINEE DIRECTORS LTD resigned
corporate-nominee-director
1993-06-23
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Company incorporated
As CHESWOLD LIMITED
1993-06-23
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NOMINEE SECRETARIES LTD appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1993-06-23
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NOMINEE DIRECTORS LTD appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1993-06-02
➕
ALLEN, Dorothy Isabel appointed
secretary
1993-06-02
➕
ALLEN, John appointed
director
1993-06-02
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ALLEN, Thomas appointed
director

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 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — 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 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 33 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 Andrew Dryden Moralee Individual · British · DOB 07/1975 · age 51	50–75%	50–75%	board controlsig. influence50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest	23/06/2017

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

Incorporated1993-06-23

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Lowfield Farm

Willington

Co Durham

DL15 0UA

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-07-05

Last: 2026-06-21

Officers (4 active · 5 resigned)

MORALEE, Angela Gwendoline→

secretary · appointed 1995-12-15

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Active

MORALEE, Andrew Dryden→

director · ~51y · appointed 2013-11-06

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Active

MORALEE, Andrew→

director · ~83y · appointed 1995-12-15

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Active

MORALEE, Angela Gwendoline→

director · ~79y · appointed 1995-12-15

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Active

ALLEN, Dorothy Isabel→

secretary · appointed 1993-06-02 · resigned 1995-12-15

Resigned

NOMINEE SECRETARIES LTD→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1993-06-23 · resigned 1993-07-02

Resigned

ALLEN, John→

director · ~63y · appointed 1993-06-02 · resigned 1995-12-15

Resigned

ALLEN, Thomas→

director · ~90y · appointed 1993-06-02 · resigned 1995-12-15

Resigned

NOMINEE DIRECTORS LTD→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1993-06-23 · resigned 1993-07-02

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	13/02/2014	—

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