CHIMNEY SKILLS TRAINING LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
11586136 · ltd · incorporated 2018-09-24
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 Sept 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.
Sector: Education
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 67). 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
17 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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £3.4k |
| Current assets | — | £18.5k |
| Cash | — | £17.8k |
| Debtors | — | £748 |
| Net assets | — | £2.3k |
| Average employees | 2 | — |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-29📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-09-29📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-24🏢Company incorporatedAs CHIMNEY SKILLS TRAINING LIMITED
- 2018-09-24➕CLEAVER, Phillip William appointeddirector
- 2018-09-24➕GEEVES, Christopher John appointeddirector
- 2018-09-24📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
78/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Phillip William Cleaver Individual · British · DOB 07/1959 · age 67 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 24/09/2018 |
Mr Christopher John Geeves Individual · British · DOB 04/1960 · age 66 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 24/09/2018 |
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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Active · Education & training · GL postcode area| Company | Est. value | Turnover | Net worth | Staff | Age | Opp | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRANDRULE LIMITED→ 01928977 · est 1985 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 40y | — | — |
| C M NETWORK LIMITED→ 14354038 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| CHARLTON KINGS INFANTS' SCHOOL→ 07689749 · est 2011 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 14y | — | — |
| CHELTENHAM SCHOOL OF COMPLEMENTARY THERAPY & BEAUTY LTD→ 10448014 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| CHELTENHAM TUTORING LTD→ 15386939 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| CHEPSTOW CHILD AND FAMILY THERAPY CENTRE CIC→ 14940066 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| CHESS-MATE HUB LTD→ 15379644 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| CHILD AND FAMILY LEARNING TRUST→ 07875308 · est 2011 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 14y | — | — |
| CHILDCARE MARKETING LTD→ 12685710 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| CHILDRENLEADTHEWAY CIC→ 15814046 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| CHINESE MEDICAL CENTRE LIMITED→ 03895639 · est 1999 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 26y | — | — |
| CHIPPING CAMPDEN SCHOOL→ 07680770 · est 2011 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 14y | — | — |
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2018-09-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.
Registered office
74 Swift Road
Abbeydale
Gloucester
GL4 4XH
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-07
Last: 2025-09-23
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
CLEAVER, Phillip William→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2018-09-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GEEVES, Christopher John→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2018-09-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (17 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-09-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-04-29