A STAR NORTHERN LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
13555689 · ltd · incorporated 2021-08-09
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 3.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Aug 2024
Net worth
£214.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 3.7y

75/100
ready

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

  • · Charge age ~3.7 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
  • · 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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
14 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £214,745

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£24k
Net Worth
£215k
Current Assets
£24k
Current Liabilities
£0£43k£86k£129k£172k£215kAug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Total assets£430.6k
Current assets£24.0k
Cash£23.8k
Debtors£200
Net assets£214.7k

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
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-03-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2024-12-23
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-01-25
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-05-09
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-09-08
    📄
    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  7. 2022-09-05
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  8. 2022-09-02
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Atom Bank PLC
  9. 2022-09-02
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Atom Bank PLC
  10. 2022-03-26
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  11. 2022-03-26
    📄
    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  12. 2021-08-09
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    Company incorporated
    As A STAR NORTHERN LIMITED
  13. 2021-08-09
    CHADWICK, Lee Stamford appointed
    director
  14. 2021-08-09
    HEWITT, Trenton appointed
    director
  15. 2021-08-09
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

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

SIGNALS
  • 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

Hewitt Chadwick Partnership Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Hewitt Chadwick Partnership Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
A STAR NORTHERN LIMITED
This company · 13555689

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

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Lee Stamford Chadwick
Individual · British · DOB 10/1980 · age 46
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting09/08/2021
Mr Trenton Hewitt
Individual · British · DOB 11/1980 · age 46
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting09/08/2021
Hewitt Chadwick Partnership Limited
Corporate entity
2550%
25-50% shares09/08/2021

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2021-08-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

Dudley Road
Darlington
County Durham
DL1 4GG
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-23
Last: 2025-08-09

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

CHADWICK, Lee Stamford
director · ~46y · appointed 2021-08-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HEWITT, Trenton
director · ~46y · appointed 2021-08-09
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Atom Bank
Atom Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property02/09/2022
outstanding
Atom Bank
Atom Bank PLC
A registered charge2 properties02/09/2022
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Recent filings (14 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-08
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-09-08
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-09-05
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-03-26
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-03-26
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-08-09