CHESTON FARM EQUESTRIAN CENTRE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

08428971 · ltd · incorporated 2013-03-04

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 11.0y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£52.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other sports activities

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 11.0y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 11.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

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

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

29 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £52,777

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£53k

Current Assets

£6k

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£188.9k	—
Current assets	£6.2k	—
Net assets	£52.8k	—

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2025-12-17
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accounts · AA
2024-11-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-08-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-03-05
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2018-10-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-12-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2016-11-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-03-04
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annual-return · AR01
2015-09-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-07-21
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mortgage · MR01
2015-07-13
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2015-04-03
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annual-return · AR01
2013-03-04
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Company incorporated
As CHESTON FARM EQUESTRIAN CENTRE LIMITED
2013-03-04
➕
OSBORNE, Andrew appointed
director
2013-03-04
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OSBORNE, Sophie appointed
director

Owner dependency

79/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 13 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 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
Mrs Sophie Osborne Individual · British · DOB 05/1970 · age 56	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mr Andrew Osborne Individual · British · DOB 11/1967 · age 59	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

Incorporated2013-03-04

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

Cheston Farm

Wrangaton

South Brent

Devon

TQ10 9HL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-18

Last: 2026-03-04

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

OSBORNE, Andrew→

director · ~59y · appointed 2013-03-04

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OSBORNE, Sophie→

director · ~56y · appointed 2013-03-04

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC	A registered charge	—	13/07/2015	—

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