A M CHALLIS TRUST LTD

🌳Matureactive

06754592 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2008-11-20

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

—

Upgrade to see

Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch

What this business does

Primary activity: Museum activities

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (57/100)

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

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

22 officers (7 active, 22 linked, 20 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

106 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (54 events)Click to expand

2025-06-10
➖
FELL, William Anthony resigned
director
2025-06-10
📄
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-06-06
📄
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-06-06
📄
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-06-05
➕
OSBORNE, Alan Derek appointed
director
2025-06-05
➕
RICHMOND, Robert Geoffrey appointed
director
2025-04-10
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-12
📄
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-02-10
➖
RILEY, Gillian resigned
director
2024-09-23
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-24
➖
DOCKERILL, Elizabeth-Anne resigned
director
2024-07-24
📄
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-07-14
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-17
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-27
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-18
➕
WREGHITT, Timothy Gray, Dr appointed
director
2021-05-18
📄
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-05-13
📄
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-05-07
➖
WILLIAMS, Sandra resigned
director
2020-10-22
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-18
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-10-06
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-10-18
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-04-24
➕
WILLIAMS, Sandra appointed
director
2015-12-31
➖
BLACKWELL, Sheila resigned
director
2015-03-25
➕
REDSHAW, Mike appointed
director
2015-02-16
➕
REDSHAW, Michael appointed
director
2015-02-16
➖
REDSHAW, Michael resigned
director
2014-11-04
➖
BUTLER, Brian John resigned
director
2014-02-16
➖
RILEY, Gillian resigned
director
2014-02-10
➕
HUNTING, John Hamilton appointed
director
2014-02-10
➕
RILEY, Gillian appointed
director
2014-01-15
➕
RILEY, Gillian appointed
director
2013-10-12
➖
HOWE, Bryan Leonard resigned
director
2013-09-02
➖
MAUNDER, Marilyn Elspeth resigned
director
2013-05-25
➕
PHILLIPS, Rosemary Juliana appointed
director
2013-05-25
➖
PHILLIPS, Rosemary Juliana resigned
director
2013-04-29
➕
PHILLIPS, Rosemary Juliana appointed
director
2013-04-02
➖
MAUNDER, Charles Richard Francis resigned
secretary
2012-02-24
➖
REEVE, Susan Elizabeth resigned
director
2009-06-22
➕
REEVE, Susan Elizabeth appointed
director
2008-11-20
🏢
Company incorporated
As A M CHALLIS TRUST LTD
2008-11-20
➕
DICKEN, Mary Christine Miles appointed
director
2008-11-20
➕
MAUNDER, Charles Richard Francis appointed
secretary
2008-11-20
➕
DMCS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2008-11-20
➖
DMCS SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2008-11-20
➕
BLACKWELL, Sheila appointed
director
2008-11-20
➕
BUTLER, Brian John appointed
director
2008-11-20
➕
DOCKERILL, Elizabeth-Anne appointed
director
2008-11-20
➕
FELL, William Anthony appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 54 events

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

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Rosemary Juliana Phillips Individual · British · DOB 10/1947 · age 79	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest	06/04/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Similar companies

Active · Leisure & entertainment · CB postcode area

Company	Est. value	Turnover	Net worth	Staff	Age	Opp	Director
5TH COLUMN STUDIO LIMITED→ 13922302 · est 2022 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	4y	—	—
942 FITNESS LTD→ 16535825 · est 2025 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
ABHK LTD→ 10545362 · est 2017 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	9y	—	—
AFC CAMBRIDGE LTD→ 05844399 · est 2006 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	19y	—	—
AG SPORTS & FITNESS LTD→ 14840883 · est 2023 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	2y	—	—
AIONEQUINE LIMITED→ 11380640 · est 2018 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	7y	—	—
AKMAL TRAVELS LTD→ 11693707 · est 2018 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	7y	—	—
AL ASAYL BLOODSTOCK LTD→ 08270109 · est 2012 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	13y	—	—
ALLINCHES LTD.→ 12392015 · est 2020 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	6y	—	—
AMANAS MUSIC LIMITED→ 04022981 · est 2000 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	25y	—	—
AMY MURPHY RACING LTD.→ 10208397 · est 2016 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	9y	—	—
ANDREA ATZENI LIMITED→ 07330657 · est 2010 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	15y	—	—

Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2008-11-20

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC91020 — Museum activities

Registered office

68 High Street

Sawston

Cambridge

Cambs

CB22 3BG

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-23

Last: 2025-11-09