SCION DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06179833 · ltd · incorporated 2007-03-22
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Development of building projects
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
16 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
57 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees200200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-02-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-02-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-05-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-11-04
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    HIRST, Paul Gary resigned
    director
  9. 2019-11-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2019-06-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2019-04-24
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    CHAMBERS, Dominic John appointed
    director
  12. 2019-04-24
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2019-04-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2019-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-05-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-05-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-05-04
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2014-06-26
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    CHAMBERS, Guy Anthony resigned
    director
  19. 2014-06-26
    ➕
    HIRST, Paul Gary appointed
    director
  20. 2007-06-15
    ➕
    CHAMBERS, Anthony David appointed
    secretary
  21. 2007-06-15
    ➕
    CHAMBERS, Anthony David appointed
    director
  22. 2007-06-15
    ➖
    C H REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2007-06-15
    ➕
    CHAMBERS, Guy Anthony appointed
    director
  24. 2007-06-15
    ➖
    RICKMAN, Bryan Colin resigned
    director
  25. 2007-06-15
    ➖
    SETHI, Nishi resigned
    director
  26. 2007-03-22
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    Company incorporated
    As SCION DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
  27. 2007-03-22
    ➕
    C H REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  28. 2007-03-22
    ➕
    RICKMAN, Bryan Colin appointed
    director
  29. 2007-03-22
    ➕
    SETHI, Nishi appointed
    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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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 Anthony David Chambers
Individual · British · DOB 03/1955 · age 71
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2007-03-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

6a High Street
Chelmsford
CM1 1BE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-05
Last: 2026-02-19

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

CHAMBERS, Anthony David→
secretary · appointed 2007-06-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHAMBERS, Anthony David→
director · ~71y · appointed 2007-06-15
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Active
CHAMBERS, Dominic John→
director · ~39y · appointed 2019-04-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
C H REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-03-22 · resigned 2007-06-15
Resigned
CHAMBERS, Guy Anthony→
director · ~42y · appointed 2007-06-15 · resigned 2014-06-26
Resigned
HIRST, Paul Gary→
director · ~65y · appointed 2014-06-26 · resigned 2019-11-04
Resigned
RICKMAN, Bryan Colin→
director · ~55y · appointed 2007-03-22 · resigned 2007-06-15
Resigned
SETHI, Nishi→
director · ~68y · appointed 2007-03-22 · resigned 2007-06-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (57 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-18
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-11-04