ALEX CHILTON DESIGN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05774316 · ltd · incorporated 2006-04-07
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£-19.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Artistic creation
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -42% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
64 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £19,737
Cash draining
Cash down 42% YoY
Cash YoY
-42%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£10k
↓ 42% YoY
Net Worth
-£20k
↑ 17% YoY
Current Assets
£49k
↑ 10% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£24k-£9k£5k£20k£34k£49kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£-19.7k£-23.9k
Current assets£48.8k£44.2k
Cash£9.5k£16.4k
Debtors£39.3k£27.8k
Net assets£-19.7k£-23.9k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-28
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-08
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    address · AD01
  4. 2024-01-29
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-04-21
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-04-28
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-04-22
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-04-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2021-04-20
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    officers · CH01
  10. 2021-04-20
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  11. 2021-03-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2020-11-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2020-01-21
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-02-04
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-01-29
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  16. 2006-04-10
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    ABERGAN REED NOMINEES LTD resigned
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  17. 2006-04-10
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    ABERGAN REED LIMITED resigned
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  18. 2006-04-07
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ALEX CHILTON DESIGN LIMITED
  19. 2006-04-07
    ➕
    CHILTON, Vanessa Melanie appointed
    secretary
  20. 2006-04-07
    ➕
    CHILTON, Alex James appointed
    director
  21. 2006-04-07
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    CHILTON, Vanessa Melanie appointed
    director
  22. 2006-04-07
    ➕
    ABERGAN REED NOMINEES LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2006-04-07
    ➕
    ABERGAN REED LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CHILTON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 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 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alex James Chilton
Individual · British · DOB 10/1971 · age 55
75–100%
—75-100% 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
Incorporated2006-04-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90030 — Artistic creation

Registered office

Swanmore Lodge Hampton Hill
Swanmore
Southampton
Hampshire
SO32 2QN
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-21
Last: 2026-04-07

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

CHILTON, Vanessa Melanie→
secretary · appointed 2006-04-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHILTON, Alex James→
director · ~55y · appointed 2006-04-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHILTON, Vanessa Melanie→
director · ~56y · appointed 2006-04-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ABERGAN REED NOMINEES LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-04-07 · resigned 2006-04-10
Resigned
ABERGAN REED LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-04-07 · resigned 2006-04-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (64 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-05-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-04-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-04-20