20 CHAPEL STREET MANAGEMENT CO LTD

💤Zombieactive
10111865 · ltd · incorporated 2016-04-08
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Residents property management
Sector: Activities of households
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
30 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
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees00

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-09-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-04-29
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  5. 2025-04-25
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2024-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-07-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-09-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-07-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2021-08-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-06-01
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2021-04-21
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  13. 2021-03-15
    ➖
    KELSALL, Ernest Peter Birkenhead resigned
    director
  14. 2020-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-09-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-07-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2018-09-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-06-23
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    HOLLYOAKE, Julia Louise appointed
    secretary
  19. 2016-04-08
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    Company incorporated
    As 20 CHAPEL STREET MANAGEMENT CO LTD
  20. 2016-04-08
    ➕
    POOLEY, Bernard Bertram appointed
    director
  21. 2016-04-08
    ➕
    KELSALL, Ernest Peter Birkenhead appointed
    director

Owner dependency

90/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Nicola Louise Pooley
Individual · British · DOB 09/1966 · age 60
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control01/04/2022
Mr Bernard Bertram Pooley
Individual · British · DOB 03/1957 · age 69
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control08/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Ernest Peter Birkenhead Kelsallceased 15/03/2021· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2016-04-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Top Spinney Keeble Park
Perranwell Station
Truro
Cornwall
TR3 7NL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-09
Last: 2026-03-26

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

HOLLYOAKE, Julia Louise→
secretary · appointed 2017-06-23
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Active
POOLEY, Bernard Bertram→
director · ~69y · appointed 2016-04-08
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Active
KELSALL, Ernest Peter Birkenhead→
director · ~80y · appointed 2016-04-08 · resigned 2021-03-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (30 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-17
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2025-04-29
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-11