CHASONS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC067757 · ltd · incorporated 1979-05-01
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 42.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£448.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 91-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (78/100, director aged 91). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 42.8y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 42.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
104 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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £448,547
Net assets shrinking
Down £20,212 YoY
Cash YoY
-14%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£102k
↓ 14% YoY
Net Worth
£449k
↓ 4.3% YoY
Current Assets
£103k
↓ 15% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £505.9k | £526.2k |
| Current assets | £102.6k | £121.1k |
| Cash | £102.1k | £119.0k |
| Debtors | £477 | £2.1k |
| Net assets | £448.5k | £468.8k |
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 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-06📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-03-04📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-02-26📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-02-16📄capital-alter-shares-subdivisioncapital · SH02
- 2022-02-13➕GUTHRIE, Bruce, Dr appointeddirector
- 2021-09-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-14📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2020-09-14📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-09-14📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2020-04-19➖GUTHRIE, Shirley, Dr resigneddirector
- 2019-08-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-19➖GUTHRIE, Shirley, Dr resignedsecretary
- 2018-09-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-04-03📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2005-11-04🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2005-11-04🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 1984-05-11🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
- 1983-07-05🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
- 1979-05-01🏢Company incorporatedAs CHASONS LIMITED
Owner dependency
81/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 91 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 91 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 47 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
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
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Charles Guthrie Individual · British · DOB 05/1935 · age 91 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 04/03/2017 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Dr Shirley Guthrieceased 19/04/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1979-05-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Registered office
24a Ainslie Place
Edinburgh
Lothian
EH3 6AJ
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-17
Last: 2026-03-03
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
GUTHRIE, Bruce, Dr→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2022-02-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GUTHRIE, Shirley, Dr→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2019-04-19
GUTHRIE, Shirley, Dr→
Resigneddirector · ~89y · resigned 2020-04-19
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Standard security | 1 property | 11/05/1984 | 04/11/2005 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Standard security | 1 property | 05/07/1983 | 04/11/2005 |
Recent filings (104 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-07-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-03-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-02-26
capital-alter-shares-subdivision
capital · SH02
2022-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-13