CHESS VALLEY ANGLERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03979547 · ltd · incorporated 2000-04-25
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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not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 03120
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (57/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
68 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-22
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-04-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-03-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2019-02-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-06-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2016-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-05-10
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-07-02
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2011-10-25
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    WEBSTER, Sheila Elizabeth appointed
    director
  17. 2011-10-25
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    WEBSTER, Stephen Lawrence resigned
    director
  18. 2000-05-24
    ➕
    JONES, Richard Carno appointed
    secretary
  19. 2000-05-24
    ➕
    JONES, Richard Carno appointed
    director
  20. 2000-05-24
    ➕
    WEBSTER, Stephen Lawrence appointed
    director
  21. 2000-05-05
    ➕
    JENNINGS, Richard Paul Thomas appointed
    director
  22. 2000-05-05
    ➖
    1ST CONTACT SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2000-05-05
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    1ST CONTACT DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2000-04-25
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    Company incorporated
    As CHESS VALLEY ANGLERS LIMITED
  25. 2000-04-25
    ➕
    1ST CONTACT SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2000-04-25
    ➕
    1ST CONTACT DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — 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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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
Mrs Sheila Elizabeth Webster
Individual · United Kingdom · DOB 07/1957 · age 69
50–75%
—50-75% shares25/10/2016

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
Incorporated2000-04-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC03120 — SIC 03120

Registered office

2,Ballroom Apartments,
Upper Lattimore Road
St. Albans
AL1 3GZ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-09
Last: 2026-04-25

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

JONES, Richard Carno→
secretary · appointed 2000-05-24
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Active
JENNINGS, Richard Paul Thomas→
director · ~69y · appointed 2000-05-05
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Active
JONES, Richard Carno→
director · ~80y · appointed 2000-05-24
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Active
WEBSTER, Sheila Elizabeth→
director · ~69y · appointed 2011-10-25
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Active
1ST CONTACT SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-04-25 · resigned 2000-05-05
Resigned
WEBSTER, Stephen Lawrence→
director · ~70y · appointed 2000-05-24 · resigned 2011-10-25
Resigned
1ST CONTACT DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-04-25 · resigned 2000-05-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (68 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-27