CHIMERA MEAT COMPANY LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
09778140 · ltd · incorporated 2015-09-15
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 10.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£-47.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of meat and meat products
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. 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
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 10.1y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 10.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
37 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £47,908
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
-£48k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£2k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-8.9k | £-8.9k |
| Current assets | £1.8k | £1.8k |
| Net assets | £-47.9k | £-47.9k |
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
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-27📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-06-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-06-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-03📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-11-30➖HARTWELL, John Richard resigneddirector
- 2020-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-06📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2019-02-05📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2018-11-22📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2018-11-18➕HARTWELL, John Richard appointeddirector
- 2018-09-20📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2018-09-08➖UNEK, Ali resigneddirector
- 2018-03-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-12-06🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Bibby Financial Services Limited
- 2016-11-01➕HARTWELL, Jonathan Peter appointeddirector
- 2016-11-01➖HARTWELL, John Richard resigneddirector
- 2016-11-01➕UNEK, Ali appointeddirector
- 2016-06-23🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2015-09-15🏢Company incorporatedAs CHIMERA MEAT COMPANY LIMITED
- 2015-09-15➕ROBERTSON, Colin John Campbell appointeddirector
- 2015-09-15➕HARTWELL, John Richard appointeddirector
Owner dependency
66/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 64 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
61/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- 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 Jonathan Peter Hartwell Individual · British · DOB 02/1983 · age 43 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 30/04/2023 |
Mr Colin John Roberston Individual · British · DOB 08/1962 · age 64 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 01/11/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr John Richard Hartwellceased 01/11/2016· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-09-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46320 — Wholesale of meat and meat products
Registered office
27 St. Cuthberts Street
Bedford
MK40 3JG
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-11
Last: 2025-09-27
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
HARTWELL, Jonathan Peter→
Activedirector · ~43y · appointed 2016-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ROBERTSON, Colin John Campbell→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2015-09-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HARTWELL, John Richard→
Resigneddirector · ~74y · appointed 2018-11-18 · resigned 2020-11-30
HARTWELL, John Richard→
Resigneddirector · ~74y · appointed 2015-09-15 · resigned 2016-11-01
UNEK, Ali→
Resigneddirector · ~35y · appointed 2016-11-01 · resigned 2018-09-08
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Bibby Financial Services Bibby Financial Services Limited | A registered charge | 4 properties | 06/12/2016 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 23/06/2016 | — |
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Recent filings (37 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-12-03