CHIMNEYCRETE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04391516 · ltd · incorporated 2002-03-11
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). 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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
61 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees00

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-03-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2021-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-04-17
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2020-04-17
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  10. 2019-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-03-01
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  14. 2017-02-14
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    ALLOTT, Yvonne resigned
    secretary
  15. 2016-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2002-03-11
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    Company incorporated
    As CHIMNEYCRETE LIMITED
  17. 2002-03-11
    ➕
    ALLOTT, Raymond Walter appointed
    director
  18. 2002-03-11
    ➕
    ALLOTT, Yvonne appointed
    secretary
  19. 2002-03-11
    ➕
    GRAEME, Dorothy May appointed
    nominee-secretary
  20. 2002-03-11
    ➖
    GRAEME, Dorothy May resigned
    nominee-secretary
  21. 2002-03-11
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    GRAEME, Lesley Joyce appointed
    nominee-director
  22. 2002-03-11
    ➖
    GRAEME, Lesley Joyce resigned
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Raymond Walter Allott
Individual · British · DOB 06/1966 · age 60
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control14/02/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Yvonne Allottceased 14/02/2017· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting

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
Incorporated2002-03-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Crown Chambers
Princes Street
Harrogate
North Yorkshire
HG1 1NJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-01
Last: 2026-04-17

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

ALLOTT, Raymond Walter→
director · ~60y · appointed 2002-03-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ALLOTT, Yvonne→
secretary · appointed 2002-03-11 · resigned 2017-02-14
Resigned
GRAEME, Dorothy May→
nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-03-11 · resigned 2002-03-11
Resigned
GRAEME, Lesley Joyce→
nominee-director · ~73y · appointed 2002-03-11 · resigned 2002-03-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-17
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-04-17