CHANDLERS COUNTRY PROPERTIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04377155 · ltd · incorporated 2002-02-19

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 12.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 35110

Sector: Electricity, gas & energy

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 82). 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 12.2y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 12.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (86/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

90 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30	2023-09-30
Average employees	400	400	400

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

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4 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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2026-06-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-21
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-02-21
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-06-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-04-05
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2019-04-03
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capital · SH08
2019-03-26
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2019-03-26
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2019-03-26
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withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2018-04-24
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accounts · AA
2018-03-26
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2014-04-23
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2002-06-12
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RAWLINSON, Diana appointed
director
2002-06-12
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RAWLINSON, Karen Anne appointed
director
2002-02-19
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Company incorporated
As CHANDLERS COUNTRY PROPERTIES LIMITED
2002-02-19
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RAWLINSON, Christopher Edgar appointed
secretary
2002-02-19
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RAWLINSON, Christopher David appointed
director
2002-02-19
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RAWLINSON, Christopher Edgar appointed
director
2002-02-19
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ASHBURTON REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-02-19
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ASHBURTON REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-02-19
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AR NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2002-02-19
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AR NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — 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 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Christopher Edgar Rawlinson Individual · British · DOB 05/1975 · age 51	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	13/03/2019
Mrs Karen Anne Rawlinson Individual · British · DOB 03/1972 · age 54	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	13/03/2019

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2002-02-19

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

Clint Mill

Cornmarket

Penrith

CA11 7HW

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-05

Last: 2026-02-19

Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)

RAWLINSON, Christopher Edgar→

secretary · appointed 2002-02-19

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Active

RAWLINSON, Christopher David→

director · ~82y · appointed 2002-02-19

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Active

RAWLINSON, Christopher Edgar→

director · ~51y · appointed 2002-02-19

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Active

RAWLINSON, Diana→

director · ~82y · appointed 2002-06-12

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Active

RAWLINSON, Karen Anne→

director · ~54y · appointed 2002-06-12

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Active

ASHBURTON REGISTRARS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-02-19 · resigned 2002-02-19

Resigned

AR NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-02-19 · resigned 2002-02-19

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	A registered charge	—	23/04/2014	—

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Recent filings (90 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-06-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-02-26

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-06-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-02-21

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2025-02-21

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-02-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-06-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-02-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-06-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-02-27

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-06-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-02-28

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-06-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-02-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2020-06-24