CHESNUTT SKEOCH LIMITED

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SC145028 · ltd · incorporated 1993-06-18
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with leveraged stack — refinance / partial-release angle.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Multiple lenders to manage; inter-creditor friction and partial-release cost possible.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 27.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£1.92M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · oldest 27.9y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 27.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
75
Lenders & charges
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
11 officers (6 active, 11 linked, 6 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
100 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.

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Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,922,706
Cash YoY
+14%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£32k
↑ 14% YoY
Net Worth
£1.9m
↑ 2.3% YoY
Current Assets
£538k
↑ 63% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£385k£769k£1.2m£1.5m£1.9mSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£1.93M£1.90M
Current assets£537.9k£329.4k
Cash£31.7k£27.8k
Debtors£506.2k£6.5k
Net assets£1.92M£1.88M

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.

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Recent activity

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Corporate timeline (40 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-07
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  4. 2022-06-14
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  8. 2018-03-26
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  10. 2016-07-01
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  11. 2016-01-28
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  12. 2015-11-03
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  18. 2015-11-03
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    Charge satisfied #2
  19. 2015-11-03
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    Charge satisfied #1
  20. 2014-10-01
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    JOHNSTONE, Samantha Jean appointed
    director
  21. 2014-10-01
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    JOHNSTONE, Siobhan Isabella appointed
    director
  22. 2014-10-01
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    JOHNSTONE, Sorcha Skye Alexis appointed
    director
  23. 2013-09-30
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    COWAN, William Russell appointed
    secretary
  24. 2013-09-30
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    JOHNSTONE, Kenneth George resigned
    secretary
  25. 2009-07-01
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    HALES, Ian Alexander resigned
    secretary
  26. 2009-07-01
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    JOHNSTONE, Kenneth George appointed
    secretary
  27. 2005-08-02
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  28. 2002-05-10
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  29. 2000-02-24
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  30. 1999-10-18
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    WOODS, Martin Joseph resigned
    director
  31. 1998-06-12
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  32. 1996-08-01
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    WOODS, Martin Joseph appointed
    director
  33. 1993-06-18
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    Company incorporated
    As CHESNUTT SKEOCH LIMITED
  34. 1993-06-18
    ➕
    HALES, Ian Alexander appointed
    director
  35. 1993-06-18
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    JOHNSTONE, Kenneth George appointed
    director
  36. 1993-06-18
    ➕
    HALES, Ian Alexander appointed
    secretary
  37. 1993-06-18
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  38. 1993-06-18
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  39. 1993-06-18
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    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  40. 1993-06-18
    ➖
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-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
  • -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — 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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 33 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

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Kenneth George Johnstone
Individual · British · DOB 02/1960 · age 66
——sig. influencesignificant influence18/06/2016

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

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7 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
Incorporated1993-06-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

30 East Main Street
Darvel
Ayrshire
KA17 0HP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-24
Last: 2025-10-10

Officers (6 active · 5 resigned)

COWAN, William Russell→
secretary · appointed 2013-09-30
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Active
HALES, Ian Alexander→
director · ~77y · appointed 1993-06-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JOHNSTONE, Kenneth George→
director · ~66y · appointed 1993-06-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JOHNSTONE, Samantha Jean→
director · ~37y · appointed 2014-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JOHNSTONE, Siobhan Isabella→
director · ~35y · appointed 2014-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JOHNSTONE, Sorcha Skye Alexis→
director · ~32y · appointed 2014-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HALES, Ian Alexander→
secretary · appointed 1993-06-18 · resigned 2009-07-01
Resigned
JOHNSTONE, Kenneth George→
secretary · appointed 2009-07-01 · resigned 2013-09-30
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1993-06-18 · resigned 1993-06-18
Resigned
WOODS, Martin Joseph→
director · ~58y · appointed 1996-08-01 · resigned 1999-10-18
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1993-06-18 · resigned 1993-06-18
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
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Outstanding
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Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property02/08/200503/11/2015
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Standard security1 property10/05/200203/11/2015
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Standard security1 property24/02/200003/11/2015
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Standard security1 property12/06/199803/11/2015

Recent filings (100 total)

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2025-08-07
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2024-10-10
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2024-09-11
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2024-07-01
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2023-09-20
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2023-06-29
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2022-06-28
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accounts · AA
2022-06-14
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2021-07-02
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2021-06-14
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2020-08-18
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2020-06-08
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2019-07-02
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