CHARTVEY SERVICES

🌳Matureactive
SC161704 · private-unlimited · incorporated 1995-11-17
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£1
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
29 officers (2 active, 29 linked, 26 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
123 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
81/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1
Very low cash
Cash position: £1
Cash YoY
+0%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1
~ YoY
Net Worth
£1
~ YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£1£1£1Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£1£1
Cash£1£1
Net assets£1£1

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

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Corporate timeline (72 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-15
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  2. 2024-12-20
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  3. 2024-08-26
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  4. 2023-02-02
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  5. 2022-05-11
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  6. 2021-08-09
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  7. 2020-11-11
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  8. 2020-11-11
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  9. 2020-11-11
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  10. 2020-11-10
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    WATT, Donald Robertson appointed
    director
  11. 2020-11-10
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    FORSYTH, Matthew Parker resigned
    director
  12. 2020-11-10
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    THOMSON, Ian resigned
    director
  13. 2020-08-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  14. 2019-08-15
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  15. 2018-03-30
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  16. 2017-02-15
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  17. 2016-02-18
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  18. 2015-11-17
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  19. 2010-11-25
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    WATT, Donald Mcleish resigned
    secretary
  20. 2009-09-15
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    AITKENHEAD, James Peddie resigned
    director
  21. 2009-09-15
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    ARMOUR, Robert Graeme resigned
    director
  22. 2009-09-15
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    BAIN, Alan resigned
    director
  23. 2009-09-15
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    CARMICHAEL, Alexander resigned
    director
  24. 2009-09-15
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    DENHOLM, James Keith resigned
    director
  25. 2009-09-15
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    DUNN, Frazer resigned
    director
  26. 2009-09-15
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    FIRTH, Gary resigned
    director
  27. 2009-09-15
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    HAY, Kevin resigned
    director
  28. 2009-09-15
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    HINKS, Gregor resigned
    director
  29. 2009-09-15
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    HYDE, Douglas resigned
    director
  30. 2009-09-15
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    MCLACHLAN, Donald resigned
    director
  31. 2009-09-15
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    MILLAR, James Craig resigned
    director
  32. 2009-09-15
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    PETERS, Richard Robert resigned
    director
  33. 2009-09-15
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    ROSS, David Angus resigned
    director
  34. 2009-09-15
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    SHANKS, Mark Robert resigned
    director
  35. 2009-09-15
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    SMITH, Graham resigned
    director
  36. 2009-09-15
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    WATT, Donald Robertson resigned
    director
  37. 2009-09-15
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    WATT, Donald Mcleish resigned
    director
  38. 2009-09-15
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    WOOLEY, Donald Currie resigned
    director
  39. 2008-12-01
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    WATT, George Stewart resigned
    director
  40. 2008-01-23
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    ARMOUR, Robert Graeme appointed
    director
  41. 2008-01-23
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    HYDE, Douglas appointed
    director
  42. 2008-01-23
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    SHANKS, Mark Robert appointed
    director
  43. 2005-12-01
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    FIRTH, Gary appointed
    director
  44. 2005-12-01
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    MCLACHLAN, Donald appointed
    director
  45. 2005-12-01
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    WATT, Donald Robertson appointed
    director
  46. 2004-12-01
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    BAIN, Alan appointed
    director
  47. 2004-12-01
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    DUNN, Frazer appointed
    director
  48. 2004-12-01
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    HAY, Kevin appointed
    director
  49. 2003-12-01
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    PETERS, Richard Robert appointed
    director
  50. 2001-12-01
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    HINKS, Gregor appointed
    director
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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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

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.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Matthew Parker Forsythceased 11/11/2020· board control

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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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-unlimited
Incorporated1995-11-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

Herbert House
24 Herbert Street
Glasgow
G20 6NB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: —
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-22
Last: 2025-11-08

Officers (2 active · 27 resigned)

ROBERTSON, Grant→
director · ~61y · appointed 2000-01-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WATT, Donald Robertson→
director · ~52y · appointed 2020-11-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ALLISON, David John→
secretary · appointed 1995-11-17 · resigned 1998-09-05
Resigned
REID, Brian→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-11-17 · resigned 1995-11-17
Resigned
WATT, Donald Mcleish→
secretary · appointed 2000-11-07 · resigned 2010-11-25
Resigned
AITKENHEAD, James Peddie→
director · ~70y · appointed 2000-01-19 · resigned 2009-09-15
Resigned
ARMOUR, Robert Graeme→
director · ~58y · appointed 2008-01-23 · resigned 2009-09-15
Resigned
BAIN, Alan→
director · ~59y · appointed 2004-12-01 · resigned 2009-09-15
Resigned
CARMICHAEL, Alexander→
director · ~79y · appointed 2000-01-19 · resigned 2009-09-15
Resigned
DENHOLM, James Keith→
director · ~60y · appointed 2000-01-19 · resigned 2009-09-15
Resigned
DUNN, Frazer→
director · ~57y · appointed 2004-12-01 · resigned 2009-09-15
Resigned
FIRTH, Gary→
director · ~59y · appointed 2005-12-01 · resigned 2009-09-15
Resigned
FORSYTH, Matthew Parker→
director · ~68y · appointed 2000-01-19 · resigned 2020-11-10
Resigned
HAY, Kevin→
director · ~56y · appointed 2004-12-01 · resigned 2009-09-15
Resigned
HINKS, Gregor→
director · ~56y · appointed 2001-12-01 · resigned 2009-09-15
Resigned
HYDE, Douglas→
director · ~66y · appointed 2008-01-23 · resigned 2009-09-15
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen→
nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1995-11-17 · resigned 1995-11-17
Resigned
MCLACHLAN, Donald→
director · ~74y · appointed 2005-12-01 · resigned 2009-09-15
Resigned
MILLAR, James Craig→
director · ~66y · appointed 2000-01-19 · resigned 2009-09-15
Resigned
PETERS, Richard Robert→
director · ~75y · appointed 2003-12-01 · resigned 2009-09-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (123 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-20
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-11-11
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officers · AP01
2020-11-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-11-11