CHATWINS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03511045 · ltd · incorporated 1998-02-16
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
74 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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 Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
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
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-02
    ➖
    JENKS, Nicola Jane resigned
    secretary
  3. 2025-09-02
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  4. 2025-08-12
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-08-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-09-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-09-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-03-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-12-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-08-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-10-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-05-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-03-14
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-04-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-03-05
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2013-03-01
    ➕
    CHATWIN, Edward Robert appointed
    director
  18. 2013-03-01
    ➕
    JENKS, Nicola Jane appointed
    secretary
  19. 2013-03-01
    ➖
    LIGHTFOOT, Brian Philip resigned
    secretary
  20. 2013-03-01
    ➖
    CHATWIN, Brian Arthur resigned
    director
  21. 1998-02-16
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CHATWINS LIMITED
  22. 1998-02-16
    ➕
    LIGHTFOOT, Brian Philip appointed
    secretary
  23. 1998-02-16
    ➕
    BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1998-02-16
    ➖
    BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1998-02-16
    ➕
    CHATWIN, Brian Arthur appointed
    director
  26. 1998-02-16
    ➕
    DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 1998-02-16
    ➖
    DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

90/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CHATWIN" — strong identity link between founder and business.

Succession & seller-readiness

68/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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 Edward Robert Chatwin
Individual · British · DOB 08/1971 · age 55
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1998-02-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

4 Market Street
Nantwich
Cheshire
CW5 5DJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-05
Last: 2026-01-22

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

CHATWIN, Edward Robert→
director · ~55y · appointed 2013-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JENKS, Nicola Jane→
secretary · appointed 2013-03-01 · resigned 2025-09-02
Resigned
LIGHTFOOT, Brian Philip→
secretary · appointed 1998-02-16 · resigned 2013-03-01
Resigned
BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-02-16 · resigned 1998-02-16
Resigned
CHATWIN, Brian Arthur→
director · ~88y · appointed 1998-02-16 · resigned 2013-03-01
Resigned
DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-02-16 · resigned 1998-02-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (74 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-22
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-09-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-08-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-08-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-28