CHANDNI CHOWK LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03485514 · ltd · incorporated 1997-12-24
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
£74.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 14132
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47710Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -97% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 21.7y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 21.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
76 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 £74,135
Net assets shrinking
Down £95,035 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 97% YoY
Cash YoY
-97%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1k
↓ 97% YoY
Net Worth
£74k
↓ 56% YoY
Current Assets
£665k
↑ 7.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£133k£266k£399k£532k£665kOct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Total assets£80.6k£175.5k
Current assets£664.5k£619.4k
Cash£1.1k£40.7k
Debtors£14.7k£18.4k
Net assets£74.1k£169.2k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-27
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  2. 2026-03-25
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  3. 2025-04-10
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  4. 2024-04-15
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  5. 2023-03-20
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  6. 2022-04-04
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  7. 2021-07-19
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-07-10
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  9. 2019-10-15
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  10. 2019-07-29
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  11. 2018-06-04
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  12. 2017-07-27
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  13. 2016-02-16
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-01-13
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  15. 2015-02-17
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2004-11-30
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  17. 1997-12-24
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    Company incorporated
    As CHANDNI CHOWK LIMITED
  18. 1997-12-24
    ➕
    PRICE, Rosalind Carol appointed
    secretary
  19. 1997-12-24
    ➕
    GARROD, Paul appointed
    director
  20. 1997-12-24
    ➕
    PRICE, Rosalind Carol appointed
    director
  21. 1997-12-24
    ➕
    SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 1997-12-24
    ➖
    SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1997-12-24
    ➕
    WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 1997-12-24
    ➖
    WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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
Ms Rosalind Carol Price
Individual · British · DOB 05/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Paul Garrod
Individual · British · DOB 06/1947 · age 79
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1997-12-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC14132 — SIC 14132

Registered office

Unit 2a The Old Ambrosia Works
Lapford
Crediton
EX17 6AE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-29
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-18
Last: 2026-01-04

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

PRICE, Rosalind Carol→
secretary · appointed 1997-12-24
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Active
GARROD, Paul→
director · ~79y · appointed 1997-12-24
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Active
PRICE, Rosalind Carol→
director · ~67y · appointed 1997-12-24
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Active
SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-12-24 · resigned 1997-12-24
Resigned
WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-12-24 · resigned 1997-12-24
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property30/11/2004—
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Recent filings (76 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-07-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-06