CHOCOLATE GRAPHICS (UK) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04708048 · ltd · incorporated 2003-03-23
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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Turnover
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year to Jan 2026
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10821
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 88-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 88). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
66 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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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2025Jan 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2026-01-312025-01-31
Average employees3300

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
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 (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-07
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-03-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-03-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-08-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-07-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2023-06-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-07-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-04-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2020-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-08-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-10-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-08-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2003-05-15
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    OLDBURY, Carol appointed
    secretary
  17. 2003-05-15
    ➕
    HAMES, Edward appointed
    director
  18. 2003-05-15
    ➕
    HAMES, Marlene appointed
    director
  19. 2003-05-15
    ➕
    OLDBURY, Carol appointed
    director
  20. 2003-05-15
    ➖
    CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2003-05-15
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    CREDITREFORM LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 2003-03-23
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    Company incorporated
    As CHOCOLATE GRAPHICS (UK) LIMITED
  23. 2003-03-23
    ➕
    CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2003-03-23
    ➕
    CREDITREFORM 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 88 — 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 88 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.)

Group structure

Hames Chocolates Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Hames Chocolates Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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CHOCOLATE GRAPHICS (UK) LIMITED
This company · 04708048

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Hames Chocolates Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-03-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10821 — SIC 10821

Registered office

Chocolates Graphics (Uk) Ltd
Hawthorn Road
Skegness
Lincolnshire
PE25 3TD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-10-31
Last made up to: 2026-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-13
Last: 2026-01-30

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

OLDBURY, Carol→
secretary · appointed 2003-05-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HAMES, Edward→
director · ~87y · appointed 2003-05-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HAMES, Marlene→
director · ~88y · appointed 2003-05-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OLDBURY, Carol→
director · ~56y · appointed 2003-05-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-03-23 · resigned 2003-05-15
Resigned
CREDITREFORM LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-03-23 · resigned 2003-05-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (66 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-27