CHARLESFIELD AD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC484797 · ltd · incorporated 2014-08-20
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 11.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£2.67M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35110
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). 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 11.2y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 11.2 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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
27 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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
75
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 declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,669,719
Cash YoY
+9%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£902k
↑ 9.3% YoY
Net Worth
£2.7m
↑ 16% YoY
Current Assets
£1.5m
↑ 14% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£534k£1.1m£1.6m£2.1m£2.7mAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£4.57M£4.40M
Current assets£1.52M£1.34M
Cash£901.5k£825.0k
Debtors£619.1k£513.9k
Net assets£2.67M£2.30M

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

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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

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-01-17
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  3. 2024-01-25
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  4. 2023-02-16
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  5. 2022-08-24
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2022-08-24
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  7. 2022-01-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-02-04
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  9. 2020-01-21
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  10. 2018-12-05
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  11. 2018-01-15
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  12. 2016-11-09
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  13. 2016-01-14
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    capital · SH01
  14. 2015-11-19
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  15. 2015-09-08
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  16. 2015-01-28
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  17. 2014-08-20
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    Company incorporated
    As CHARLESFIELD AD LIMITED
  18. 2014-08-20
    ➕
    BIRKBECK, Elizabeth Mary appointed
    director
  19. 2014-08-20
    ➕
    BIRKBECK, George Charles Edward appointed
    director
  20. 2014-08-20
    ➕
    MORGAN, Nicola Susan appointed
    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
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Elizabeth Mary Birkbeck
Individual · British · DOB 10/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting24/08/2022
Mrs Nicola Susan Morgan
Individual · British · DOB 12/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting24/08/2022
Mr George Charles Edward Birbeck
Individual · British · DOB 12/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-08-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

Estate Office
Hoddom
Lockerbie
Dumfriesshire
DG11 1BE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-03
Last: 2025-08-20

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

BIRKBECK, Elizabeth Mary→
director · ~66y · appointed 2014-08-20
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Active
BIRKBECK, George Charles Edward→
director · ~62y · appointed 2014-08-20
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Active
MORGAN, Nicola Susan→
director · ~64y · appointed 2014-08-20
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge—28/01/2015—
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Recent filings (27 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-24
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-08-24
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-08-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-21