CHATTERIS KENSINGTON LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
08861931 · ltd · incorporated 2014-01-27
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 11.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Hotels and similar accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · oldest 11.8y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 11.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (84/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
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Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 6 total, 6 with control declared
90
Director network
16 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
69 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
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| Average employees | 3100 | 1900 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →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 (33 events)Click to expand
- 2025-06-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-18📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-09-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-18📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-02-08📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-02-08🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2023-09-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-15📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-02-10🔒Charge registered #3Lender: United Overseas Bank Limited, London Branch
- 2022-12-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-01➕LIU, Chun Bong Edwin Stephen appointeddirector
- 2022-09-01📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-03-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-03-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-03-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-19📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2019-12-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-13📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2019-12-13🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2019-12-12🔒Charge registered #2Lender: United Overseas Bank Limited, London Branch
- 2019-10-21📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2019-10-14➕HOH, Chin Yiep appointeddirector
- 2019-10-14➖TENG, Heng Chew resigneddirector
- 2019-09-02➖ONG, Teng Choon resigneddirector
- 2016-03-01➕TENG, Heng Chew appointeddirector
- 2016-02-29➖LOW, Yee Khim resigneddirector
- 2014-08-18🔒Charge registered #1Lender: United Overseas Bank Limited, London Branch
- 2014-01-27🏢Company incorporatedAs CHATTERIS KENSINGTON LIMITED
- 2014-01-27➕TOH, Giap Eng appointeddirector
- 2014-01-27➕LOW, Yee Khim appointeddirector
- 2014-01-27➕ONG, Teng Choon appointeddirector
Owner dependency
65/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
73/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 years.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
1 med ·Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Group structure
Woodley Hotels (Kensington) Ltd holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.
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Woodley Hotels (Kensington) Ltd
Corporate parent
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CHATTERIS KENSINGTON LIMITED
This company · 08861931
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Woodley Hotels (Kensington) Ltd Corporate entity | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
5 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Teng Choon Ongceased 06/04/2016· significant influence
- Mr Heng Chew Tengceased 06/04/2016· significant influence
- Mr Giap Eng Tohceased 06/04/2016· significant influence
- Heeton Holdings Limitedceased 06/04/2016· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting
- Mr Khai Cheng Tohceased 06/04/2016· significant influence
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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-01-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation
Registered office
7-10 Adam Street
London
WC2N 6AA
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-10
Last: 2026-01-27
Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)
HOH, Chin Yiep→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2019-10-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LIU, Chun Bong Edwin Stephen→
Activedirector · ~50y · appointed 2022-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
TOH, Giap Eng→
Activedirector · ~71y · appointed 2014-01-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LOW, Yee Khim→
Resigneddirector · ~73y · appointed 2014-01-27 · resigned 2016-02-29
ONG, Teng Choon→
Resigneddirector · ~68y · appointed 2014-01-27 · resigned 2019-09-02
TENG, Heng Chew→
Resigneddirector · ~67y · appointed 2016-03-01 · resigned 2019-10-14
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | United Overseas Bank , London Branch United Overseas Bank Limited, London Branch | A registered charge | 1 property | 10/02/2023 | — | |
| satisfied | United Overseas Bank , London Branch United Overseas Bank Limited, London Branch | A registered charge | — | 12/12/2019 | 08/02/2024 | |
| satisfied | United Overseas Bank , London Branch United Overseas Bank Limited, London Branch | A registered charge | 1 property | 18/08/2014 | 13/12/2019 |
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Recent filings (69 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-06-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-09-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-03-18
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-02-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-09-08
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-02-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-12-06
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-09-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-03-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-03-10