ADRIAN PAYNE CHIMNEY SWEEP LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07656061 · ltd · incorporated 2011-06-02
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£49.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Furnace and chimney cleaning services
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (76/100)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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
30 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 102Positive net assets
Net assets £49,877
Cash YoY
+5%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£84k
↑ 5.2% YoY
Net Worth
£50k
↑ 3.9% YoY
Current Assets
£85k
↑ 4.9% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £50.4k | £48.6k |
| Current assets | £85.1k | £81.2k |
| Cash | £84.5k | £80.3k |
| Debtors | £650 | £890 |
| Net assets | £49.9k | £48.0k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-02-21📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2016-10-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-06-28📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-11-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-06-10📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2014-06-13📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2011-06-02🏢Company incorporatedAs ADRIAN PAYNE CHIMNEY SWEEP LIMITED
- 2011-06-02➕PAYNE, Susan Margaret appointedsecretary
- 2011-06-02➕PAYNE, Adrian appointeddirector
- 2011-06-02➕PAYNE, Susan Margaret appointeddirector
Owner dependency
100/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "PAYNE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — 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 candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 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 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Susan Margaret Payne Individual · British · DOB 03/1952 · age 74 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Adrian Payne Individual · British · DOB 04/1963 · age 63 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-06-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC81223 — Furnace and chimney cleaning services
Registered office
138 High Street
Crediton
EX17 3DX
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-16
Last: 2025-06-02
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
PAYNE, Susan Margaret→
Activesecretary · appointed 2011-06-02
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PAYNE, Adrian→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2011-06-02
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PAYNE, Susan Margaret→
Activedirector · ~74y · appointed 2011-06-02
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Recent filings (30 total)
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2022-09-15
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2022-06-07
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2021-08-04
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2021-06-07
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2020-08-11
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2020-06-12
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2019-08-15
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2019-06-06
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