CHILHAM MILL FISHERIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07512399 · ltd · incorporated 2011-02-01
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£656.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 03120
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
44 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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £655,957
Cash YoY
-16%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£34k
↓ 16% YoY
Net Worth
£656k
↑ 19% YoY
Current Assets
£34k
↓ 16% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£131k£262k£394k£525k£656kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Total assets£656.0k£551.5k
Current assets£33.7k£40.0k
Cash£33.7k£40.0k
Net assets£656.0k£551.5k

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-25
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  2. 2025-11-25
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  3. 2025-11-24
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    capital-alter-shares-subdivision
    capital · SH02
  4. 2025-11-24
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  5. 2025-11-19
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2025-11-19
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  7. 2025-11-19
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2025-11-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2025-09-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2025-08-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2025-08-13
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  12. 2025-08-13
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  13. 2024-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2023-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2022-06-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-10-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2021-04-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2021-01-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2011-03-29
    ➕
    LEADER, Jacqueline appointed
    director
  20. 2011-02-01
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CHILHAM MILL FISHERIES LIMITED
  21. 2011-02-01
    ➕
    LEADER, Vincent William appointed
    director

Owner dependency

89/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 15 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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 63. 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 15 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

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Carrie Leader
Individual · British · DOB 12/1995 · age 31
25–50%
—25-50% shares14/11/2025
Ms Sophie Leader
Individual · British · DOB 03/1994 · age 32
25–50%
—25-50% shares14/11/2025
Mr Vincent William Leader
Individual · British · DOB 10/1963 · age 63
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mrs Jacqueline Leader
Individual · British · DOB 09/1966 · age 60
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2011-02-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC03120 — SIC 03120

Registered office

10-12 Barnes High Street
London
SW13 9LW
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-15
Last: 2026-02-01

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

LEADER, Jacqueline→
director · ~60y · appointed 2011-03-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LEADER, Vincent William→
director · ~63y · appointed 2011-02-01
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Active

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Recent filings (44 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-03
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-11-25
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-11-25
capital-alter-shares-subdivision
capital · SH02
2025-11-24
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-11-24
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-11-19
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-11-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-13
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2025-08-13
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2025-08-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-23