CHAS. LONG & SON (AGGREGATES) LIMITED
📈Growthactive
04693623 · ltd · incorporated 2003-03-11
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 6.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
£31.08M
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46760
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 49410Freight transport by road
Investor take
PursueConservative operator with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 6.0y
95/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 6.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
- · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
56 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Profitable
Profit before tax £2,983,447
Turnover YoY
+8%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £31.08M | £28.87M |
| Gross profit | £4.68M | £3.77M |
| Operating profit | £2.85M | £1.88M |
| Profit before tax | £2.98M | £1.96M |
| Average employees | 7700 | 8100 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-04📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-11-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-mediumaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-01📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2022-05-31📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2021-12-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-23📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-07-10🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2019-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-11-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-10-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-mediumaccounts · AA
- 2016-03-11📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2003-03-11🏢Company incorporatedAs CHAS. LONG & SON (AGGREGATES) LIMITED
- 2003-03-11➕HORN, Barbara Anne appointedsecretary
- 2003-03-11➕LONG, Charles David appointeddirector
- 2003-03-11➕LONG, Charles Barry appointeddirector
- 2003-03-11➕LONG, Mark Andrew appointeddirector
- 2003-03-11➕SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2003-03-11➖SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
Owner dependency
98/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "LONG" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — 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 candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 83 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
cleanNo 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 Charles David Long Individual · British · DOB 09/1969 · age 57 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Mark Andrew Long Individual · British · DOB 11/1973 · age 53 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Charles Barry Longceased 25/06/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRICKBYTE COMMERCE LTD→ 16148726 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| BRIGHT CUBEZ ( UK) LTD→ 16187515 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| C & S SALON ESSENTIALS LIMITED→ 08932505 · est 2014 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 12y | — | — |
| CAITLIN RILEY LIMITED→ 16500777 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| CATHEDRAL WHOLESALE AND EVENTS LIMITED→ 11483449 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| CAYMAN HOLDINGS LIMITED→ 14266082 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| CENTRE STAGERS LIMITED→ 16210037 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| CHARLENES FURS LTD→ 17130050 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| COLLINS SEAFOODS SOUTH WEST LTD→ 16830858 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| COLUMBUS CLEANING MACHINES (NORTH EAST) LIMITED→ 05783907 · est 2006 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 19y | — | — |
| CONNECTION FLOORING LIMITED→ 07924240 · est 2012 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 14y | — | — |
| CONNGENUITY HEALTHCARE CONSULTANCY LTD→ 16274271 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-03-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46760 — SIC 46760
Registered office
Woodside, North Road
Brompton On Swale
Richmond
North Yorkshire
DL10 7JL
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-19
Last: 2025-12-05
Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)
HORN, Barbara Anne→
Activesecretary · appointed 2003-03-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LONG, Charles David→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2003-03-11
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LONG, Charles Barry→
Activedirector · ~83y · appointed 2003-03-11
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LONG, Mark Andrew→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2003-03-11
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-03-11 · resigned 2003-03-11
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 10/07/2020 | — |
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Recent filings (56 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-05
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2025-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-15
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-06-01
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-18