CHAS HARDERN BOATS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05431857 · ltd · incorporated 2005-04-21

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

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 50300

Sector: Transportation & storage

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 73). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

59 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.

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 · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	2	200

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

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2026-06-23
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2026-04-14
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ANELAY, James Richard appointed
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2021-10-29
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2020-09-24
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2019-10-22
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2018-11-07
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2005-04-21
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Company incorporated
As CHAS HARDERN BOATS LIMITED
2005-04-21
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HARDERN, Lindsay Joy appointed
secretary
2005-04-21
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HARDERN, Charles James appointed
director
2005-04-21
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HARDERN, Lindsay Joy appointed
director
2005-04-21
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
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2005-04-21
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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2005-04-21
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
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2005-04-21
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

98/100

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

+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "HARDERN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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 Charles James Hardern Individual · British · DOB 06/1953 · age 73	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	22/04/2016
Mrs Lindsay Joy Hardern Individual · British · DOB 11/1955 · age 71	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	22/04/2016

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

Incorporated2005-04-21

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC50300 — SIC 50300

Registered office

Beeston Castle Wharf, Beeston

Tarporley

Cheshire

CW6 9NH

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-07-07

Last: 2026-06-23

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

HARDERN, Lindsay Joy→

secretary · appointed 2005-04-21

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Active

ANELAY, James Richard→

director · ~33y · appointed 2026-04-14

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Active

HARDERN, Charles James→

director · ~73y · appointed 2005-04-21

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Active

HARDERN, Lindsay Joy→

director · ~71y · appointed 2005-04-21

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Active

TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-04-21 · resigned 2005-04-21

Resigned

COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-04-21 · resigned 2005-04-21

Resigned

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