CHIPPY'S CHOICE LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
15525639 · ltd · incorporated 2024-02-27
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.
🔒Estimated value
Upgrade to see
Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£18.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of fruit and vegetables
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
8 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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
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 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £18,095

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£18k
Current Assets
£90k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-31
Total assets£18.1k
Current assets£89.6k
Net assets£18.1k

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • 3 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-23
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  2. 2026-01-23
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2026-01-23
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2025-11-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-04-29
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2024-02-27
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CHIPPY'S CHOICE LTD
  7. 2024-02-27
    CATCHPOLE, Steven Mark appointed
    director
  8. 2024-02-27
    DALE, Richard Brian appointed
    director
  9. 2024-02-27
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
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.
  • +Young company: Only 2.4 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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

Chippy's Choice Holdings Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Chippy's Choice Holdings Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
CHIPPY'S CHOICE LTD
This company · 15525639

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
Chippy's Choice Holdings Ltd
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting01/12/2025
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Richard Brian Daleceased 01/12/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
  • Mr Steven Mark Catchpoleceased 01/12/2025· 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.

See pricing →

Similar companies

Active · Wholesale & distribution · YO postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
AXEL 123 LIMITED
14863044 · est 2023 · no financials extracted
2y
BREAK FLUID BEVERAGES LTD
13900850 · est 2022 · no financials extracted
4y
BRIKSELR LIMITED
02238722 · est 1988 · no financials extracted
38y
CANAL TOYS DISTRIBUTION LIMITED
11132457 · est 2018 · no financials extracted
8y
CAPITOL TRADING UK LIMITED
02843626 · est 1993 · no financials extracted
32y
CASTEL BROS LTD
14614839 · est 2023 · no financials extracted
3y
CATALYST BI LIMITED
05336031 · est 2005 · no financials extracted
21y
CH PROCUREMENT (UK) LTD
15603196 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
2y
CHEETHA LIMITED
16465056 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
CHRIS NOBLE LTD
04582378 · est 2002 · no financials extracted
23y
CLEAN LIFE BEAUTY LTD
15664001 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
1y
CLEMIT SERVICES & SUPPLIES LTD
13204416 · est 2021 · no financials extracted
5y
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.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2024-02-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46310 — Wholesale of fruit and vegetables

Registered office

5 & 6 Manor Court
Manor Garth
Scarborough
North Yorkshire
YO11 3TU
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-12
Last: 2026-02-26

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

CATCHPOLE, Steven Mark
director · ~34y · appointed 2024-02-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DALE, Richard Brian
director · ~46y · appointed 2024-02-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (8 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-19
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-01-23
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-01-23
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-12
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-04-29
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-02-27