CHORES HYGIENE MANAGEMENT LTD

🌳Matureactive
06490913 · ltd · incorporated 2008-02-01
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 8.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 81100SIC 81100
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 8.7y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 8.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
65 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
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£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Average employees65005900

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-11-09
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    capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
    capital · SH10
  5. 2022-11-09
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  6. 2022-11-09
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  7. 2022-11-09
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  8. 2022-11-09
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    statement-of-companys-objects
    change-of-constitution · CC04
  9. 2022-10-11
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2022-10-04
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    BARNARD, Martin Trevor resigned
    director
  11. 2022-08-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-07-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-03-02
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    officers · AP01
  14. 2020-12-29
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  15. 2020-12-29
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    Charge satisfied #1
  16. 2020-12-17
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    BARNARD, Martin Trevor appointed
    director
  17. 2020-10-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-07-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2017-12-12
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    BARNARD, Martin Trevor resigned
    director
  20. 2017-09-28
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  21. 2016-02-01
    ➖
    HICKLING, Lisa Karen resigned
    secretary
  22. 2015-03-09
    ➕
    BARNARD, Martin Trevor appointed
    director
  23. 2008-02-01
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CHORES HYGIENE MANAGEMENT LTD
  24. 2008-02-01
    ➕
    HICKLING, Glenn Peter appointed
    director
  25. 2008-02-01
    ➕
    HICKLING, Lisa Karen appointed
    director
  26. 2008-02-01
    ➕
    HICKLING, Lisa Karen appointed
    secretary

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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Glenn Peter Hickling
Individual · British · DOB 07/1959 · age 67
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Lisa Karen Hickling
Individual · British · DOB 12/1963 · age 63
25–50%
—25-50% 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
Incorporated2008-02-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

Unit 1 First Floor Lyndon Business Park
Farrier Road
Lincoln
LN6 3RU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-14
Last: 2025-09-30

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

HICKLING, Glenn Peter→
director · ~67y · appointed 2008-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HICKLING, Lisa Karen→
director · ~63y · appointed 2008-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HICKLING, Lisa Karen→
secretary · appointed 2008-02-01 · resigned 2016-02-01
Resigned
BARNARD, Martin Trevor→
director · ~67y · appointed 2020-12-17 · resigned 2022-10-04
Resigned
BARNARD, Martin Trevor→
director · ~67y · appointed 2015-03-09 · resigned 2017-12-12
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge—28/09/201729/12/2020

Recent filings (65 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-08
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2022-11-09
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-11-09
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2022-11-09
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-11-09
statement-of-companys-objects
change-of-constitution · CC04
2022-11-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-10-11