CHAPEL MOOR PET CREMATION SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04717914 · ltd · incorporated 2003-04-01
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£372.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Funeral and related activities
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). 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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
71 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 £372,801

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£373k
↑ 34% YoY
Current Assets
£409k
↑ 24% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£82k£164k£246k£327k£409kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£470.7k£287.8k
Current assets£409.3k£330.6k
Net assets£372.8k£277.4k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-08-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-11-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-10-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-02-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2019-08-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-06-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-12-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-07-06
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2017-07-01
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  14. 2017-06-27
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  15. 2016-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2006-12-01
    ➕
    JACOBS, Robert appointed
    director
  17. 2003-04-01
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CHAPEL MOOR PET CREMATION SERVICES LIMITED
  18. 2003-04-01
    ➕
    WALLIS, Nigel Richard appointed
    secretary
  19. 2003-04-01
    ➕
    JACOBS, Pauline Laura appointed
    director
  20. 2003-04-01
    ➕
    WALLIS, Nigel Richard appointed
    director
  21. 2003-04-01
    ➕
    HARRISON, Irene Lesley appointed
    nominee-secretary
  22. 2003-04-01
    ➖
    HARRISON, Irene Lesley resigned
    nominee-secretary
  23. 2003-04-01
    ➕
    BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2003-04-01
    ➖
    BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LIMITED resigned
    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 79 — 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 79 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Nigel Richard Wallis
Individual · British · DOB 01/1970 · age 56
50–75%
—50-75% 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
Incorporated2003-04-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96030 — Funeral and related activities

Registered office

Brandesburton Moor
Brandesburton
Driffield
East Riding Of Yorkshire
YO25 8EP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-15
Last: 2026-04-01

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

WALLIS, Nigel Richard→
secretary · appointed 2003-04-01
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Active
JACOBS, Pauline Laura→
director · ~79y · appointed 2003-04-01
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Active
JACOBS, Robert→
director · ~76y · appointed 2006-12-01
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Active
WALLIS, Nigel Richard→
director · ~56y · appointed 2003-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARRISON, Irene Lesley→
nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-04-01 · resigned 2003-04-01
Resigned
BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-04-01 · resigned 2003-04-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (71 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-02-06