CENTRAL CHEMICAL SUPPLIES LIMITED

📉Decliningactive

NI032489 · ltd · incorporated 1997-06-05

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

drifting distress · 6-months

Drifting toward distress — expect more negotiability in 3–6 months, but also more friction.

· Lifecycle stage drifting downward
· Currently "declining"

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

£16.98M

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 20590

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Leverage-led grower with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 57/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 23.9y

50/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 23.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 35/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Lenders & charges

4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)

Directors & officers

6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

81 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £1,073,504

Turnover YoY

+1%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Turnover	£16.98M	£16.89M
Gross profit	£3.94M	£4.07M
Operating profit	£1.06M	£1.50M
Profit before tax	£1.07M	£1.49M
Average employees	3500	3400

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand

2025-12-23
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2024-10-10
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2023-12-13
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accounts · AA
2022-12-15
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accounts · AA
2021-11-29
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accounts · AA
2021-03-31
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accounts · AA
2020-08-21
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capital · SH10
2020-08-21
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capital · SH08
2020-08-10
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officers · AP01
2020-08-10
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officers · AP01
2020-08-07
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officers · AP01
2020-07-01
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2020-07-01
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incorporation · MA
2020-05-16
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officers · TM01
2020-05-16
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officers · TM02
2020-04-01
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EVANS, Evan appointed
director
2020-04-01
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ROWAN, Joanne appointed
director
2020-04-01
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SAVAGE, Timothy appointed
director
2019-12-30
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SAVAGE, Frances Jane resigned
secretary
2019-12-30
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SAVAGE, Frances Jane resigned
director
2019-12-20
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accounts · AA
2018-12-12
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2013-10-21
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Northern Bank Limited
2013-10-01
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Northern Bank Limited
2002-06-17
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Charge registered #2
Lender: BT1 6JS
2002-06-17
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Charge registered #1
Lender: BT1 6JS
1997-06-05
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Company incorporated
As CENTRAL CHEMICAL SUPPLIES LIMITED
1997-06-05
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SAVAGE, Alfred Desmond appointed
director
1997-06-05
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SAVAGE, Frances Jane appointed
secretary
1997-06-05
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SAVAGE, Frances Jane appointed
director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Alfred Desmond Savage Individual · British · DOB 02/1948 · age 78	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1997-06-05

Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland

Primary SIC20590 — SIC 20590

Registered office

44 Hall Road

Donaghcloney

Craigavon

Co Armagh

BT66 7LJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-20

Last: 2025-06-06

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

EVANS, Evan→

director · ~44y · appointed 2020-04-01

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Active

ROWAN, Joanne→

director · ~55y · appointed 2020-04-01

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Active

SAVAGE, Alfred Desmond→

director · ~78y · appointed 1997-06-05

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Active

SAVAGE, Timothy→

director · ~31y · appointed 2020-04-01

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Active

SAVAGE, Frances Jane→

secretary · appointed 1997-06-05 · resigned 2019-12-30

Resigned

SAVAGE, Frances Jane→

director · ~73y · appointed 1997-06-05 · resigned 2019-12-30

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	Northern Bank Northern Bank Limited	A registered charge	1 property	21/10/2013	—
outstanding	Northern Bank Northern Bank Limited	A registered charge	1 property	01/10/2013	—
outstanding	BT1 6JS / Donegall Square West / Northern Bank	Mortgage or charge	1 property	17/06/2002	—
outstanding	BT1 6JS / Northern Bank / Donegall Square West	Mortgage or charge	1 property	17/06/2002	—

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