CHARTERHOUSE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02872980 · ltd · incorporated 1993-11-18
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 13.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£-212.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 03210
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). 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 13.4y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 13.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (4 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
88 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £212,882
Cash YoY
+44%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£38k
↑ 44% YoY
Net Worth
-£213k
↑ 13% YoY
Current Assets
£460k
↑ 3.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£244k-£103k£38k£179k£319k£460kDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£-212.9k£-244.0k
Current assets£460.3k£444.6k
Cash£38.4k£26.6k
Debtors£96.9k£93.0k
Net assets£-212.9k£-244.0k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-12-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-12-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2024-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-10-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-06-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-06-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-12-21
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  12. 2018-12-20
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    statement-of-companys-objects
    change-of-constitution · CC04
  13. 2018-12-20
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  14. 2018-12-20
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  15. 2018-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-10-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2013-03-08
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Rail for London Limited
  18. 2012-02-24
    ➕
    FRY, Matthew James appointed
    director
  19. 2010-08-31
    ➖
    FRY, Patricia Maureen resigned
    director
  20. 2006-01-01
    ➕
    FRY, Paul Anthony appointed
    director
  21. 2002-11-16
    ➖
    CAMPBELL, Susan resigned
    director
  22. 2002-11-16
    ➕
    FRY, Patricia Maureen appointed
    director
  23. 1998-09-30
    ➕
    FRY, Kenneth appointed
    secretary
  24. 1998-09-30
    ➖
    FRY, Patricia Maureen resigned
    secretary
  25. 1993-11-18
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CHARTERHOUSE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
  26. 1993-11-18
    ➕
    FRY, Kenneth appointed
    director
  27. 1993-11-18
    ➕
    FRY, Patricia Maureen appointed
    secretary
  28. 1993-11-18
    ➕
    CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 1993-11-18
    ➖
    CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 1993-11-18
    ➕
    CAMPBELL, Susan appointed
    director
  31. 1993-11-18
    ➕
    CHETTLEBURGH'S LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  32. 1993-11-18
    ➖
    CHETTLEBURGH'S LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Kenneth Fry
Individual · British · DOB 09/1952 · age 74
25–50%
—25-50% shares18/11/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 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
Incorporated1993-11-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC03210 — SIC 03210

Registered office

14 Mead Drive
Mead Lane
Hertford
SG13 7AY
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-02
Last: 2025-11-18

Officers (4 active · 5 resigned)

FRY, Kenneth→
secretary · appointed 1998-09-30
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Active
FRY, Kenneth→
director · ~74y · appointed 1993-11-18
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Active
FRY, Matthew James→
director · ~40y · appointed 2012-02-24
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Active
FRY, Paul Anthony→
director · ~44y · appointed 2006-01-01
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Active
FRY, Patricia Maureen→
secretary · appointed 1993-11-18 · resigned 1998-09-30
Resigned
CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1993-11-18 · resigned 1993-11-18
Resigned
CAMPBELL, Susan→
director · ~76y · appointed 1993-11-18 · resigned 2002-11-16
Resigned
FRY, Patricia Maureen→
director · ~73y · appointed 2002-11-16 · resigned 2010-08-31
Resigned
CHETTLEBURGH'S LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1993-11-18 · resigned 1993-11-18
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Rail for London
Rail for London Limited
Rent deposit deed1 property08/03/2013—
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Recent filings (88 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-06-05