CHROMACON UK LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
11740341 · ltd · incorporated 2018-12-24
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 5.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£783.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. 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 (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 5.9y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 5.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
25 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £783,898
Cash YoY
+222%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£418k
↑ 222% YoY
Net Worth
£784k
↑ 14% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£157k£314k£470k£627k£784kDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Cash£417.9k£129.7k
Net assets£783.9k£686.3k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 address
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-06-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-07-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-06-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2023-09-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-03-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  8. 2023-03-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2023-03-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2023-03-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2022-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-07-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-08-12
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  15. 2020-08-06
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
  16. 2020-01-03
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  17. 2020-01-03
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  18. 2019-04-08
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  19. 2018-12-24
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    Company incorporated
    As CHROMACON UK LIMITED
  20. 2018-12-24
    ➕
    GATENBY, Christopher John appointed
    director
  21. 2018-12-24
    ➕
    TAYLOR, Jonathan Martin appointed
    director
  22. 2018-12-24
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +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 signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

Chromacon Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Chromacon Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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CHROMACON UK LIMITED
This company · 11740341

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
Chromacon Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/09/2019
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Jonathan Martin Taylorceased 06/09/2019· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2018-12-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

Eden House Saltash Business Centre
Forge Lane
Saltash
Cornwall
PL12 6LX
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-24
Last: 2025-12-10

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

GATENBY, Christopher John→
director · ~41y · appointed 2018-12-24
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Active
TAYLOR, Jonathan Martin→
director · ~64y · appointed 2018-12-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Security Trustee Limited
A registered charge—06/08/2020—
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Recent filings (25 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-06-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-06-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-03-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-27