CHALGROVE ARTISAN DISTILLERY LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
10904773 · ltd · incorporated 2017-08-08
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£92.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 11010
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
19 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £92,684

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£93k
↑ 242% YoY
Current Assets
£46k
↓ 11% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£65k-£34k-£2k£29k£61k£93kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£74.5k£86.5k
Current assets£46.0k£51.9k
Net assets£92.7k£-65.4k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-09-29
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-10-01
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-10-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-10-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-12-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-05-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-09-02
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  11. 2017-08-08
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CHALGROVE ARTISAN DISTILLERY LIMITED
  12. 2017-08-08
    ➕
    CLARK, Jennifer Anne appointed
    director
  13. 2017-08-08
    ➕
    CLARK, Robert Stanley appointed
    director
  14. 2017-08-08
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

86/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Robert Stanley Clark
Individual · British · DOB 07/1956 · age 70
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · firm interest08/08/2017
Mrs Jennifer Anne Clark
Individual · British · DOB 07/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · firm interest08/08/2017

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
Incorporated2017-08-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC11010 — SIC 11010

Registered office

2 Marley Lane
Chalgrove
Oxford
OX44 7TF
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-21
Last: 2025-08-07

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

CLARK, Jennifer Anne→
director · ~66y · appointed 2017-08-08
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Active
CLARK, Robert Stanley→
director · ~70y · appointed 2017-08-08
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Active

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Recent filings (19 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-12