CHAMBERS OF HAMBLE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
11337547 · ltd · incorporated 2018-04-30
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
—
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£13.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Processing and preserving of meat
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 10130SIC 10130
  • 47220Retail sale of meat and meat products in specialised stores
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 3 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 (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
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
32 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £13,078
Cash YoY
+36%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£6k
↑ 36% YoY
Net Worth
£13k
↑ 27% YoY
Current Assets
£26k
↑ 11% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£5k£10k£16k£21k£26kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£13.1k£10.3k
Current assets£26.2k£23.6k
Cash£5.6k£4.1k
Debtors£14.3k£13.5k
Net assets£13.1k£10.3k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-30
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-11-12
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    officers · TM01
  4. 2024-11-12
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2024-11-12
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  6. 2024-09-06
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    CHAMBERS, Jacob resigned
    director
  7. 2024-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-01-30
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-01-28
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-04-30
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-10-02
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  12. 2019-10-02
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    address · AD01
  13. 2019-09-19
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    PINKSTONE, Emily resigned
    director
  14. 2019-08-14
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  15. 2019-08-06
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  16. 2019-08-06
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  17. 2019-05-01
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  18. 2019-05-01
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  19. 2019-05-01
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  20. 2018-04-30
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    Company incorporated
    As CHAMBERS OF HAMBLE LIMITED
  21. 2018-04-30
    ➕
    PINKSTONE, Lucy Ann appointed
    director
  22. 2018-04-30
    ➕
    CHAMBERS, Jacob appointed
    director
  23. 2018-04-30
    ➕
    PINKSTONE, Emily appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Lucy Ann Pinkstone
Individual · British · DOB 02/1973 · age 53
50–75%
—50-75% shares30/04/2018
Miss Emily Pinkstone
Individual · British · DOB 02/1999 · age 27
25–50%
—25-50% shares30/04/2018
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Jacob Chambersceased 06/09/2024· 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
Incorporated2018-04-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10110 — Processing and preserving of meat

Registered office

Chambers Of Hamble 6 Coronation Parade
Hamble
Southampton
Hampshire
SO31 4JT
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-05
Last: 2025-09-21

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

PINKSTONE, Lucy Ann→
director · ~53y · appointed 2018-04-30
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Active
CHAMBERS, Jacob→
director · ~30y · appointed 2018-04-30 · resigned 2024-09-06
Resigned
PINKSTONE, Emily→
director · ~27y · appointed 2018-04-30 · resigned 2019-09-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (32 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-14
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-11-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-11-12
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-30