CHANDLERS COUNTRY FAYRE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04401378 · ltd · incorporated 2002-03-22
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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Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Unlicenced restaurants and cafes
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. 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).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
83 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Average employees400400

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.

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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 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-30
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  3. 2025-03-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-03-28
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2024-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-07-24
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-07-29
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-04-05
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  12. 2019-04-03
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    capital · SH08
  13. 2019-03-27
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2019-03-27
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2019-03-26
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  16. 2018-04-24
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2002-06-12
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    RAWLINSON, Diana appointed
    director
  18. 2002-06-12
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    RAWLINSON, Karen Anne appointed
    director
  19. 2002-03-22
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    Company incorporated
    As CHANDLERS COUNTRY FAYRE LIMITED
  20. 2002-03-22
    ➕
    RAWLINSON, Christopher Edgar appointed
    secretary
  21. 2002-03-22
    ➕
    RAWLINSON, Christopher Edgar appointed
    director
  22. 2002-03-22
    ➕
    RAWLINSON, Christopher David appointed
    director
  23. 2002-03-22
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    ASHBURTON REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2002-03-22
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    ASHBURTON REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2002-03-22
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    AR NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2002-03-22
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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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Karen Anne Rawlinson
Individual · British · DOB 03/1972 · age 54
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting13/03/2019
Mr Christopher Edgar Rawlinson
Individual · British · DOB 05/1975 · age 51
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting13/03/2019

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
Incorporated2002-03-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56102 — Unlicenced restaurants and cafes

Registered office

Clint Mill
Cornmarket
Penrith
CA11 7HW
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-05
Last: 2026-03-22

Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)

RAWLINSON, Christopher Edgar→
secretary · appointed 2002-03-22
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Active
RAWLINSON, Christopher Edgar→
director · ~51y · appointed 2002-03-22
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Active
RAWLINSON, Christopher David→
director · ~82y · appointed 2002-03-22
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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 2002-03-22 · resigned 2002-03-22
Resigned
AR NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-03-22 · resigned 2002-03-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (83 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-07-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-24