CHESTER FINANCE & LEASING MANAGEMENT LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
11110786 · ltd · incorporated 2017-12-13
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
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 39000
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 2.2y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Newest facility, 2.2 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 23/100 — 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
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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 7 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
15 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
38 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees00

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • 1 address
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2026-01-09
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2026-01-05
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  4. 2025-12-19
    DENTON, James resigned
    director
  5. 2025-12-19
    🔒
    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Independent Security Trustee Limited
  6. 2025-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-09-06
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2024-09-05
    HOLLEY, Anthony Stuart appointed
    director
  10. 2024-09-01
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2024-09-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2024-05-22
    HARTLEY, Matthew Paul appointed
    director
  13. 2024-05-22
    DENTON, James appointed
    director
  14. 2024-05-20
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  15. 2024-04-14
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  16. 2024-04-14
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  17. 2024-04-04
    📄
    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  18. 2024-03-27
    🔒
    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Independent Security Trustee Limited
  19. 2024-01-23
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  20. 2024-01-23
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  21. 2024-01-22
    LORD JAMES OF BLACKHEATH, David Noel, Lord resigned
    director
  22. 2024-01-22
    RYDER, Stewart John resigned
    director
  23. 2023-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  24. 2022-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  25. 2021-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  26. 2020-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  27. 2019-09-05
    WALDRON, Jonathan Peter resigned
    director
  28. 2018-12-14
    WALDRON, Jonathan Peter appointed
    director
  29. 2017-12-13
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CHESTER FINANCE & LEASING MANAGEMENT LIMITED
  30. 2017-12-13
    CREWE, Ian appointed
    director
  31. 2017-12-13
    LORD JAMES OF BLACKHEATH, David Noel, Lord appointed
    director
  32. 2017-12-13
    RYDER, Stewart John appointed
    director

Owner dependency

50/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

Red flags

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

Group structure

Chester Finance & Leasing (Holdings) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Chester Finance & Leasing (Holdings) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
CHESTER FINANCE & LEASING MANAGEMENT LIMITED
This company · 11110786

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Chester Finance & Leasing (Holdings) Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting12/12/2018

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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🔒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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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2017-12-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC39000 — SIC 39000

Registered office

Dsm House
Garter Street
Sheffield
S4 7QX
England

Filing status

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

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

CREWE, Ian
director · ~50y · appointed 2017-12-13
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Active
HARTLEY, Matthew Paul
director · ~42y · appointed 2024-05-22
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Active
HOLLEY, Anthony Stuart
director · ~45y · appointed 2024-09-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DENTON, James
director · ~48y · appointed 2024-05-22 · resigned 2025-12-19
Resigned
LORD JAMES OF BLACKHEATH, David Noel, Lord
director · ~89y · appointed 2017-12-13 · resigned 2024-01-22
Resigned
RYDER, Stewart John
director · ~43y · appointed 2017-12-13 · resigned 2024-01-22
Resigned
WALDRON, Jonathan Peter
director · ~45y · appointed 2018-12-14 · resigned 2019-09-05
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Independent Security Trustee
Independent Security Trustee Limited
A registered charge1 property19/12/2025
outstanding
Independent Security Trustee
Independent Security Trustee Limited
A registered charge1 property27/03/2024
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Recent filings (38 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-21
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-09
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-09-06
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-09-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-09-01
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-05-20
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-04-14
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-04-14
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-04-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-01-23