CHARTWELL PROPERTY DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC075176 · ltd · incorporated 1981-06-10
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 44.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 44.5y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 44.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
13 officers (3 active, 13 linked, 8 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
111 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

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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-£299-£299-£299-£299-£299-£299May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets—£-299
Net assets—£-299
Average employees0—

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
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-18
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  2. 2025-01-28
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  3. 2025-01-14
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  4. 2024-08-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  5. 2023-09-21
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  6. 2023-02-02
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  7. 2022-01-19
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  8. 2020-11-11
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  9. 2020-11-11
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    officers · TM01
  10. 2020-11-10
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    WATT, Donald Robertson appointed
    director
  11. 2020-11-10
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    THOMSON, Ian resigned
    director
  12. 2020-11-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  13. 2019-08-22
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  14. 2018-08-30
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  15. 2017-08-23
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  16. 2017-02-15
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  17. 2015-11-17
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  18. 2009-11-30
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    SMITH, Graham resigned
    director
  19. 2007-11-01
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    ROBERTSON, Grant appointed
    secretary
  20. 2007-11-01
    ➕
    ROBERTSON, Grant appointed
    director
  21. 2007-11-01
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    WATT, George Stewart resigned
    secretary
  22. 2007-11-01
    ➕
    THOMSON, Ian appointed
    director
  23. 2007-11-01
    ➖
    WATT, George Stewart resigned
    director
  24. 1998-08-28
    ➖
    ALLISON, David John resigned
    director
  25. 1998-08-28
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    SMITH, Graham appointed
    director
  26. 1996-11-12
    ➕
    ALLISON, David John appointed
    director
  27. 1996-11-12
    ➖
    GILCHRIST, Thomas resigned
    director
  28. 1992-11-01
    ➖
    GRAHAM, James resigned
    secretary
  29. 1992-11-01
    ➕
    WATT, George Stewart appointed
    secretary
  30. 1992-11-01
    ➕
    GILCHRIST, Thomas appointed
    director
  31. 1992-11-01
    ➖
    GRAHAM, James resigned
    director
  32. 1990-12-24
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    Charge satisfied #1
  33. 1990-10-29
    ➖
    ROBERTSON, Colin resigned
    secretary
  34. 1990-10-29
    ➖
    ROBERTSON, Colin resigned
    director
  35. 1981-11-19
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  36. 1981-06-10
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CHARTWELL PROPERTY DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED

Owner dependency

76/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 45 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Grant Robertson
Individual · British · DOB 10/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr Ian Thomson
Individual · British · DOB 08/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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

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6 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
Incorporated1981-06-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

6th Floor Gordon Chambers
90 Mitchell Street
Glasgow
G1 3NQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-12
Last: 2025-10-29

Officers (3 active · 10 resigned)

ROBERTSON, Grant→
secretary · appointed 2007-11-01
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Active
ROBERTSON, Grant→
director · ~61y · appointed 2007-11-01
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Active
WATT, Donald Robertson→
director · ~52y · appointed 2020-11-10
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Active
GRAHAM, James→
secretary · resigned 1992-11-01
Resigned
ROBERTSON, Colin→
secretary · resigned 1990-10-29
Resigned
WATT, George Stewart→
secretary · appointed 1992-11-01 · resigned 2007-11-01
Resigned
ALLISON, David John→
director · ~72y · appointed 1996-11-12 · resigned 1998-08-28
Resigned
GILCHRIST, Thomas→
director · ~85y · appointed 1992-11-01 · resigned 1996-11-12
Resigned
GRAHAM, James→
director · ~89y · resigned 1992-11-01
Resigned
ROBERTSON, Colin→
director · resigned 1990-10-29
Resigned
SMITH, Graham→
director · ~79y · appointed 1998-08-28 · resigned 2009-11-30
Resigned
THOMSON, Ian→
director · ~66y · appointed 2007-11-01 · resigned 2020-11-10
Resigned
WATT, George Stewart→
director · ~80y · resigned 2007-11-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Standard security1 property19/11/198124/12/1990

Recent filings (111 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
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gazette · DISS40
2025-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-27
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gazette · GAZ1
2025-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-26
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2023-09-21
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2022-10-31
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accounts · AA
2022-01-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
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2020-11-11
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officers · TM01
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accounts · AA
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