CHESTNUTT ANIMAL FEEDS LIMITED

📉Decliningactive

NI602522 · ltd · incorporated 2010-03-16

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

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year to Aug 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 10910

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Leverage-led grower with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 15.2y

50/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 15.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (7 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

48 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.

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Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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 £1,213,278

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-08-31	2023-08-31
Profit before tax	£1.21M	£1.92M
Average employees	2800	2800

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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

• 4 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 resolution

Last 90 days

filings

• 4 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 resolution

Last 180 days

filings

• 4 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 resolution

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2026-04-01
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-04-01
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capital-alter-shares-subdivision
capital · SH02
2026-04-01
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-04-01
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-04-01
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-01
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-09-10
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KERR, John Paul appointed
director
2025-09-10
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-09-10
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-09
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-09
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-05-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-10
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mortgage · MR01
2021-09-06
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2021-04-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-06
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-01-05
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2020-05-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2018-07-02
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DUNLOP, David Andrew appointed
director
2018-07-02
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MCCONAGHIE, Norman Howard appointed
director
2018-07-02
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MCKAY, Daniel Joseph appointed
director
2011-02-09
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2010-03-16
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Company incorporated
As CHESTNUTT ANIMAL FEEDS LIMITED
2010-03-16
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CHESTNUTT, James appointed
secretary
2010-03-16
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CHESTNUTT, Doreen appointed
director
2010-03-16
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CHESTNUTT, James Alexander appointed
director

Owner dependency

88/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CHESTNUTT" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
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

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr James Alexander Chestnutt Individual · British · DOB 01/1959 · age 67	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · trust interest	30/03/2026
Mrs Hazel Doreen Chestnutt Individual · British · DOB 09/1959 · age 67	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · trust interest	30/03/2026

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr James Alexander Chestnuttceased 30/03/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mrs Doreen Chestnuttceased 30/03/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2010-03-16

Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland

Primary SIC10910 — SIC 10910

Registered office

The Mill 55 Main Street

Stranocum

Ballymoney

BT53 8PH

Northern Ireland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-05-31

Last made up to: 2024-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-30

Last: 2026-03-16