CHESTERTON VALLEY GOLF CLUB LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05125840 · ltd · incorporated 2004-05-12

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 Jul 2025

Net worth

£123.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of sport clubs

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 88-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 88). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

57 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £123,531

Cash YoY

-16%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£50k

↓ 16% YoY

Net Worth

£124k

↑ 5.3% YoY

Current Assets

£61k

↓ 12% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Total assets	£165.6k	£166.1k
Current assets	£61.4k	£70.0k
Cash	£50.5k	£60.3k
Debtors	£10.9k	£9.7k
Net assets	£123.5k	£117.3k

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2025-09-12
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2024-12-11
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2024-04-23
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2023-03-23
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accounts · AA
2022-03-09
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accounts · AA
2021-04-23
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accounts · AA
2020-10-30
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DAVIS, Michael Cameron appointed
director
2020-10-30
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officers · AP01
2020-06-16
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accounts · AA
2020-06-01
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officers · TM01
2020-02-23
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DAVIS, Francis George resigned
director
2019-06-06
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address · AD01
2019-03-21
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accounts · AA
2018-05-15
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2018-04-26
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accounts · AA
2017-03-31
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accounts · AA
2016-06-24
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2004-05-12
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Company incorporated
As CHESTERTON VALLEY GOLF CLUB LIMITED
2004-05-12
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DAVIS, Michael Leslie appointed
secretary
2004-05-12
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DAVIS, Michael Leslie appointed
director
2004-05-12
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CRS LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-05-12
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CRS LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-05-12
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DAVIS, Francis George appointed
director
2004-05-12
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MC FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2004-05-12
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MC FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

91/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 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

96/100

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.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Michael Leslie Davis Individual · British · DOB 07/1938 · age 88	50–75%	50–75%	50-75% shares · 50-75% voting	30/06/2016

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

Incorporated2004-05-12

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC93120 — Activities of sport clubs

Registered office

Burnhill Green Road

Chesterton

Shropshire

WV15 5NX

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-26

Last: 2026-05-12

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

DAVIS, Michael Leslie→

secretary · appointed 2004-05-12

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Active

DAVIS, Michael Cameron→

director · ~57y · appointed 2020-10-30

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Active

DAVIS, Michael Leslie→

director · ~88y · appointed 2004-05-12

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Active

CRS LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-05-12 · resigned 2004-05-12

Resigned

DAVIS, Francis George→

director · ~91y · appointed 2004-05-12 · resigned 2020-02-23

Resigned

MC FORMATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-05-12 · resigned 2004-05-12

Resigned

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