CHALLENGE SUPPLY CO. LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

08197935 · ltd · incorporated 2012-08-31

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

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

£570.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 18129

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

31 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

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Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £570,261

Cash YoY

+75%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£268k

↑ 75% YoY

Net Worth

£570k

↑ 7.4% YoY

Current Assets

£768k

↑ 17% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Total assets	£587.9k	£545.3k
Current assets	£768.2k	£659.0k
Cash	£268.3k	£153.0k
Debtors	£119.3k	£117.7k
Net assets	£570.3k	£530.9k

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

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1 signal 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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 capital

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand

2026-03-17
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accounts · AA
2026-03-05
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capital · SH01
2025-04-16
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accounts · AA
2024-03-14
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accounts · AA
2023-03-22
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accounts · AA
2022-03-08
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accounts · AA
2021-03-02
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accounts · AA
2020-02-19
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2020-02-19
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officers · CH01
2020-01-24
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accounts · AA
2019-01-30
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2018-04-11
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accounts · AA
2017-03-21
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accounts · AA
2016-03-22
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accounts · AA
2015-09-11
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2012-08-31
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Company incorporated
As CHALLENGE SUPPLY CO. LIMITED
2012-08-31
➕
LAYTON, Jonathan appointed
director
2012-08-31
➕
LAYTON, Michael appointed
director

Owner dependency

86/100

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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 14 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 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 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 14 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Jonathan Layton Individual · British · DOB 04/1975 · age 51	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mr Michael Layton Individual · British · DOB 09/1948 · age 78	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2012-08-31

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC18129 — SIC 18129

Registered office

Unit 14 Durham Lane

Armthorpe

Doncaster

South Yorkshire

DN3 3FE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-13

Last: 2025-08-30

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

LAYTON, Jonathan→

director · ~51y · appointed 2012-08-31

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LAYTON, Michael→

director · ~78y · appointed 2012-08-31

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Recent filings (31 total)

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accounts · AA

2026-03-17

capital-allotment-shares

capital · SH01

2026-03-05