CHESHIRE LEATHER (UK) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04684594 · ltd · incorporated 2003-03-03
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£85.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 15110
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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 (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
56 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £85,918
Cash YoY
-14%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£387k
↓ 14% YoY
Net Worth
£86k
↑ 7.6% YoY
Current Assets
£494k
↓ 3.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£102k£205k£307k£409k£511kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£86.5k£80.4k
Current assets£494.4k£511.4k
Cash£386.6k£450.9k
Debtors£63.6k£42.9k
Net assets£85.9k£79.8k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-25
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2024-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-11-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-04-13
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  7. 2021-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-10-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-05-27
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    WALKER, Jason appointed
    director
  10. 2020-05-27
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2019-10-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-10-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-09-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-10-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-03-04
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-11-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2003-03-05
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    WALKER, Valerie Ann appointed
    secretary
  18. 2003-03-05
    ➕
    WALKER, Thomas appointed
    director
  19. 2003-03-05
    ➕
    WALKER, Valerie Ann appointed
    director
  20. 2003-03-05
    ➖
    SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2003-03-05
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    CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 2003-03-03
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    Company incorporated
    As CHESHIRE LEATHER (UK) LIMITED
  23. 2003-03-03
    ➕
    SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2003-03-03
    ➕
    CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — 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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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
Jason Walker
Individual · British · DOB 04/1972 · age 54
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting28/03/2022
Valerie Ann Walker
Individual · British · DOB 04/1951 · age 75
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Thomas Walkerceased 14/02/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2003-03-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC15110 — SIC 15110

Registered office

Unit3 Cobden Ind Ctr
Quakers Coppice
Crewe Gates Farm Ind Est, Crewe
Cheshire
CW1 6FA

Filing status

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

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

WALKER, Valerie Ann→
secretary · appointed 2003-03-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WALKER, Jason→
director · ~54y · appointed 2020-05-27
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Active
WALKER, Thomas→
director · ~78y · appointed 2003-03-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WALKER, Valerie Ann→
director · ~75y · appointed 2003-03-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-03-03 · resigned 2003-03-05
Resigned
CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-03-03 · resigned 2003-03-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (56 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-03
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-20
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-04-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-05-27