CHARMOUTH EVENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05401908 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2005-03-23
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
£3.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
14 officers (3 active, 14 linked, 11 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 6 total, 6 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
78 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £3,635
Cash YoY
+61%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£10k
↑ 61% YoY
Net Worth
£4k
↑ 5.6% YoY
Current Assets
£10k
↑ 60% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£2k£4k£6k£8k£10kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£3.6k£3.4k
Current assets£10.2k£6.4k
Cash£10.0k£6.2k
Debtors£185£200
Net assets£3.6k£3.4k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (46 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-05-17
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2026-05-17
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2026-05-16
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    PEARCE, Russ Sidney appointed
    director
  5. 2026-04-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2025-05-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2025-05-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2025-05-01
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    NOEL, Peter Richard resigned
    director
  9. 2025-05-01
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    TRITTON, Phillip resigned
    director
  10. 2025-05-01
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2025-05-01
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  12. 2025-04-30
    ➕
    SMITH, Michael appointed
    director
  13. 2025-04-30
    ➕
    WEST, Chloe appointed
    director
  14. 2025-04-30
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2025-04-30
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2025-04-30
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2025-04-30
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  18. 2025-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2024-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2023-08-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  21. 2023-08-01
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    GORE, Allan Peter resigned
    director
  22. 2023-05-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  23. 2022-08-09
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC03
  24. 2022-05-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  25. 2022-04-08
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  26. 2022-04-07
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  27. 2022-03-31
    ➕
    GORE, Allan Peter appointed
    director
  28. 2022-03-31
    ➕
    NOEL, Peter Richard appointed
    director
  29. 2022-03-31
    ➖
    PETERS, Andrew resigned
    director
  30. 2022-03-31
    ➖
    SIMPSON, Ian resigned
    director
  31. 2017-09-01
    ➖
    GILLINGS, Anthea Susan resigned
    director
  32. 2017-09-01
    ➖
    NOEL, Peter Richard resigned
    director
  33. 2017-09-01
    ➕
    PETERS, Andrew appointed
    director
  34. 2017-09-01
    ➕
    SIMPSON, Ian appointed
    director
  35. 2017-09-01
    ➕
    TRITTON, Phillip appointed
    director
  36. 2010-12-31
    ➖
    HATCHER, Valerie Edith Margaret resigned
    secretary
  37. 2010-12-31
    ➕
    GILLINGS, Anthea Susan appointed
    director
  38. 2010-12-31
    ➖
    HATCHER, Valerie Edith Margaret resigned
    director
  39. 2005-03-23
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    Company incorporated
    As CHARMOUTH EVENTS LIMITED
  40. 2005-03-23
    ➕
    BHARDWAJ, Ashok appointed
    nominee-secretary
  41. 2005-03-23
    ➖
    BHARDWAJ, Ashok resigned
    nominee-secretary
  42. 2005-03-23
    ➕
    HATCHER, Valerie Edith Margaret appointed
    secretary
  43. 2005-03-23
    ➕
    HATCHER, Valerie Edith Margaret appointed
    director
  44. 2005-03-23
    ➕
    NOEL, Peter Richard appointed
    director
  45. 2005-03-23
    ➕
    BHARDWAJ CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  46. 2005-03-23
    ➖
    BHARDWAJ CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.

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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Russ Sidney Pearce
Individual · British · DOB 01/1960 · age 66
——sig. influencesignificant influence16/05/2026
Mr Michael Smith
Individual · British · DOB 11/1948 · age 78
——sig. influencesignificant influence30/04/2025
Mrs Chloe West
Individual · British · DOB 08/1996 · age 30
——sig. influencesignificant influence30/04/2025
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Peter Richard Noelceased 01/05/2025· significant influence
  • Mr Phillip Trittonceased 01/05/2025· significant influence
  • Mr Peter Richard Noelceased 01/09/2017· 25-50% voting

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2005-03-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93290 — Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Registered office

The Court
The Street
Charmouth
Dorset
DT6 6PE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-06
Last: 2026-03-23

Officers (3 active · 11 resigned)

PEARCE, Russ Sidney→
director · ~66y · appointed 2026-05-16
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Active
SMITH, Michael→
director · ~78y · appointed 2025-04-30
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Active
WEST, Chloe→
director · ~30y · appointed 2025-04-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BHARDWAJ, Ashok→
nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-03-23 · resigned 2005-03-23
Resigned
HATCHER, Valerie Edith Margaret→
secretary · appointed 2005-03-23 · resigned 2010-12-31
Resigned
GILLINGS, Anthea Susan→
director · ~79y · appointed 2010-12-31 · resigned 2017-09-01
Resigned
GORE, Allan Peter→
director · ~75y · appointed 2022-03-31 · resigned 2023-08-01
Resigned
HATCHER, Valerie Edith Margaret→
director · ~70y · appointed 2005-03-23 · resigned 2010-12-31
Resigned
NOEL, Peter Richard→
director · ~82y · appointed 2022-03-31 · resigned 2025-05-01
Resigned
NOEL, Peter Richard→
director · ~82y · appointed 2005-03-23 · resigned 2017-09-01
Resigned
PETERS, Andrew→
director · ~72y · appointed 2017-09-01 · resigned 2022-03-31
Resigned
SIMPSON, Ian→
director · ~64y · appointed 2017-09-01 · resigned 2022-03-31
Resigned
TRITTON, Phillip→
director · ~75y · appointed 2017-09-01 · resigned 2025-05-01
Resigned
BHARDWAJ CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-03-23 · resigned 2005-03-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (78 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-07-01
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-05-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-02
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-05-02
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-05-02
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-05-01
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-05-01
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-04-30
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-04-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-24