CHOCOLATE UTOPIA LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05137793 · ltd · incorporated 2004-05-26

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 May 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 10821

Sector: Manufacturing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

47240Retail sale of bread, cakes, flour confectionery and sugar confectionery in specialised stores

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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, 2 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

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

57 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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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 · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Average employees	7	500

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-09-08
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2004-05-28
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FORSTER, Christopher Peter appointed
secretary
2004-05-28
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FORSTER, Christopher Peter appointed
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2004-05-28
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FORSTER, Helen Joyce appointed
director
2004-05-28
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
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2004-05-28
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FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
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2004-05-26
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Company incorporated
As CHOCOLATE UTOPIA LIMITED
2004-05-26
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
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2004-05-26
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FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
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Owner dependency

76/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

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.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Christopher Peter Forster Individual · British · DOB 03/1978 · age 48	25–50%	—	25-50% shares · firm interest	26/05/2017
Mrs Helen Joyce Forster Individual · British · DOB 05/1978 · age 48	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	26/05/2017

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

Incorporated2004-05-26

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC10821 — SIC 10821

Registered office

70 Lady Bay Road

West Bridgford

Nottingham

Notts

NG2 5DS

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-06-09

Last: 2026-05-26

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

FORSTER, Christopher Peter→

secretary · appointed 2004-05-28

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Active

FORSTER, Christopher Peter→

director · ~48y · appointed 2004-05-28

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Active

FORSTER, Helen Joyce→

director · ~48y · appointed 2004-05-28

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Active

FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-05-26 · resigned 2004-05-28

Resigned

FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-05-26 · resigned 2004-05-28

Resigned

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