CHARTER BRANDS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07771324 · ltd · incorporated 2011-09-13
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
—
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£-258.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46342
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -93% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 4.3y
35/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Charge age ~4.3 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
63 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £258,214
Cash draining
Cash down 93% YoY
Cash YoY
-93%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£6k
↓ 93% YoY
Net Worth
-£258k
~ YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash | £5.9k | £85.0k |
| Net assets | £-258.2k | £-257.9k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 officers
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 officers
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-18📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2026-03-17➕ASHTON-MELIA, Matthew Graham appointeddirector
- 2026-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-15📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2023-12-15🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2022-12-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-05📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2022-08-05📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-01-23📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-01-14🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Bibby Financial Services LTD (As Security Trustee)
- 2021-12-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-27📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-10-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-27📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-07-27📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2020-04-04📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2020-03-31📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2019-05-28➖DAWKINS, Mark Robert resigneddirector
- 2012-05-10➖DOEL, Garry resigneddirector
- 2012-05-10➖GODFREY, Martin resigneddirector
- 2011-09-29➕CRUMP, Mark Andrew appointeddirector
- 2011-09-29➕DAWKINS, Mark Robert appointeddirector
- 2011-09-29➕DOEL, Garry appointeddirector
- 2011-09-29➕GODFREY, Martin appointeddirector
- 2011-09-13🏢Company incorporatedAs CHARTER BRANDS LIMITED
- 2011-09-13➕JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer appointeddirector
- 2011-09-13➖JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer resigneddirector
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
Succession & seller-readiness
49/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Matt Ashton-Melia Individual · British · DOB 03/1989 · age 37 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 24/07/2020 |
Mr Mark Andrew Crump Individual · British · DOB 07/1970 · age 56 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Mark Robert Dawkinsceased 28/05/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-09-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46342 — SIC 46342
Registered office
Sigma House Oak View Close
Edginswell Park
Torquay
Devon
TQ2 7FF
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-01
Last: 2025-12-18
Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)
ASHTON-MELIA, Matthew Graham→
Activedirector · ~37y · appointed 2026-03-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CRUMP, Mark Andrew→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2011-09-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DAWKINS, Mark Robert→
Resigneddirector · ~56y · appointed 2011-09-29 · resigned 2019-05-28
DOEL, Garry→
Resigneddirector · ~50y · appointed 2011-09-29 · resigned 2012-05-10
GODFREY, Martin→
Resigneddirector · ~77y · appointed 2011-09-29 · resigned 2012-05-10
JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer→
Resigneddirector · ~56y · appointed 2011-09-13 · resigned 2011-09-13
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Bibby Financial Services Bibby Financial Services LTD (As Security Trustee) | A registered charge | 4 properties | 14/01/2022 | 15/12/2023 |
Recent filings (63 total)
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-20
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-09
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-08-05
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-08-05
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-15