CHORDCENTRAL LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
11824021 · ltd · incorporated 2019-02-13
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 7.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£2.73M
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueStrong 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
1 live charge · oldest 7.2y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 7.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)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
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 5 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
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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Positive net assets
Net assets £2,728,460
Net assets shrinking
Down £57,115 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£2.7m
↓ 2.1% YoY
Current Assets
£1.5m
↓ 4.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £2.73M | £2.79M |
| Current assets | £1.52M | £1.58M |
| Net assets | £2.73M | £2.79M |
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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-22📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-04-22📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-04-07📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2025-04-07📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2025-04-07📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2025-04-07📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2025-04-07📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-04-01➕MAXWELL, Clare Louise appointeddirector
- 2025-04-01➕SENIOR, Susan appointeddirector
- 2025-01-31📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-08-27📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2024-08-24📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-08-23📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2024-08-01📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-07-29➖GIBB, Alan Randolph resigneddirector
- 2024-04-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-24📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-01-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-04-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-28🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
- 2019-02-13🏢Company incorporatedAs CHORDCENTRAL LIMITED
- 2019-02-13➕MAXWELL, Douglas appointeddirector
- 2019-02-13➕SENIOR, Richard Philip appointeddirector
- 2019-02-13➕GIBB, Alan Randolph appointeddirector
Owner dependency
48/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
30/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Douglas Maxwell Individual · British · DOB 01/1982 · age 44 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 13/02/2019 |
Mr Richard Philip Senior Individual · British · DOB 10/1981 · age 45 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 13/02/2019 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Alan Randolph Gibbceased 29/07/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2019-02-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade
Registered office
Unit 24, The Chord Company
Millsway Business Park
Amesbury
Wiltshire
SP4 7RX
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-26
Last: 2026-02-12
Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)
MAXWELL, Clare Louise→
Activedirector · ~44y · appointed 2025-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MAXWELL, Douglas→
Activedirector · ~44y · appointed 2019-02-13
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SENIOR, Richard Philip→
Activedirector · ~45y · appointed 2019-02-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SENIOR, Susan→
Activedirector · ~43y · appointed 2025-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GIBB, Alan Randolph→
Resigneddirector · ~69y · appointed 2019-02-13 · resigned 2024-07-29
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited | A registered charge | — | 28/03/2019 | — |
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Recent filings (32 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-22
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-04-07
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-04-07
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-04-07
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2025-04-07
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-26
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-01-31
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2024-08-27
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-08-24
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2024-08-23