CBHC TRUSTEES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06927925 · ltd · incorporated 2009-06-09
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
£2
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of investment trusts
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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 (2 active, 8 linked, 8 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
59 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £2
Cash YoY
+0%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£150
~ YoY
Net Worth
£2
~ YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£30£60£90£120£150Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£2£2
Cash£150£150
Net assets£2£2

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2024-10-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-08-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-08-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2024-08-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2023-09-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-08-31
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  9. 2022-08-30
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  10. 2022-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-11-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-04-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-03-04
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    HARRIS, Ian appointed
    director
  14. 2021-03-04
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2021-03-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2020-07-15
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    WHITE, Gary John resigned
    director
  17. 2019-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2018-08-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  20. 2018-08-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  21. 2018-08-07
    ➖
    BELBIN, David Mark resigned
    director
  22. 2018-08-01
    ➖
    MANNING, Neil Joseph resigned
    director
  23. 2011-03-04
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    BELBIN, David Mark appointed
    director
  24. 2011-03-01
    ➕
    SARTAIN, Peter James appointed
    director
  25. 2011-03-01
    ➖
    BURRELL, Anthony John resigned
    director
  26. 2011-03-01
    ➕
    MANNING, Neil Joseph appointed
    director
  27. 2011-03-01
    ➖
    TURNER, Mark Louis resigned
    director
  28. 2010-01-12
    ➕
    BURRELL, Anthony John appointed
    director
  29. 2010-01-12
    ➖
    HARRIS, Ian resigned
    director
  30. 2009-10-29
    ➕
    TURNER, Mark Louis appointed
    director
  31. 2009-06-09
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CBHC TRUSTEES LIMITED
  32. 2009-06-09
    ➕
    HARRIS, Ian appointed
    director
  33. 2009-06-09
    ➕
    WHITE, Gary John appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

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 68. 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 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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.)

Group structure

Cbhc Llp is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Cbhc Llp
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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CBHC TRUSTEES LIMITED
This company · 06927925

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Cbhc Llp
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2009-06-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64301 — Activities of investment trusts

Registered office

C/O Cbhc Ltd, Steeple House Suite 3, First Floor
Church Lane
Chelmsford
Essex
CM1 1NH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-23
Last: 2025-06-09

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

HARRIS, Ian→
director · ~68y · appointed 2021-03-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SARTAIN, Peter James→
director · ~54y · appointed 2011-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BELBIN, David Mark→
director · ~65y · appointed 2011-03-04 · resigned 2018-08-07
Resigned
BURRELL, Anthony John→
director · ~55y · appointed 2010-01-12 · resigned 2011-03-01
Resigned
HARRIS, Ian→
director · ~68y · appointed 2009-06-09 · resigned 2010-01-12
Resigned
MANNING, Neil Joseph→
director · ~65y · appointed 2011-03-01 · resigned 2018-08-01
Resigned
TURNER, Mark Louis→
director · ~68y · appointed 2009-10-29 · resigned 2011-03-01
Resigned
WHITE, Gary John→
director · ~67y · appointed 2009-06-09 · resigned 2020-07-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (59 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-10-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-14
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-08-31
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-12