CHUBBY SEAL LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
10482132 · ltd · incorporated 2016-11-16
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.
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of beer
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 56101Licenced restaurants
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), 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 (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
28 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
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
Cash
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Average employees300300

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2023-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-03-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-08-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-03-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2018-02-18
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2018-02-17
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    TULLBERG, Hayley Louise appointed
    director
  12. 2018-02-16
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2018-02-15
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    SPACKMAN, Roger William appointed
    director
  14. 2017-12-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2017-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-12-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2017-12-18
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    SPACKMAN, Luke Joseph appointed
    director
  18. 2017-12-18
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    SPACKMAN, Luke resigned
    director
  19. 2017-12-18
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  20. 2017-12-18
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  21. 2016-11-16
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    Company incorporated
    As CHUBBY SEAL LTD
  22. 2016-11-16
    ➕
    SPACKMAN, Luke appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-11-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC11050 — Manufacture of beer

Registered office

8-10 Shirehall Plain
Holt
NR25 6HT
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-13
Last: 2025-11-29

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

SPACKMAN, Luke Joseph→
director · ~38y · appointed 2017-12-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SPACKMAN, Roger William→
director · ~81y · appointed 2018-02-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TULLBERG, Hayley Louise→
director · ~43y · appointed 2018-02-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SPACKMAN, Luke→
director · ~47y · appointed 2016-11-16 · resigned 2017-12-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (28 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-08-25