CHESS GROUP INVESTMENT COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC487490 · ltd · incorporated 2014-09-25

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 11.3y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£8.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of head offices

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). 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 11.3y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 11.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

8 officers (7 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

18 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

45 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

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 £8,420

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£8k

↑ 12% YoY

Current Assets

£3k

↑ 9.1% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£8.5k	£7.6k
Current assets	£3.3k	£3.0k
Net assets	£8.4k	£7.5k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2025-12-18
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2025-12-15
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2025-12-15
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2024-12-17
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accounts · AA
2024-10-31
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-10-31
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-10-31
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-12-29
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accounts · AA
2023-11-13
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BARRACK, James Grieve appointed
director
2023-11-13
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BARRACK, Joanna Bronte appointed
director
2023-11-13
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officers · AP01
2023-11-13
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officers · AP01
2023-07-04
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accounts · AA01
2022-10-03
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officers · AP01
2022-10-01
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HESLOP, Stuart appointed
director
2022-07-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-20
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MIDDLETON, Gordon Ian appointed
secretary
2021-10-20
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BRYCE, Pamela Jane resigned
secretary
2021-10-20
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officers · TM02
2021-10-20
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2021-07-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-08-27
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accounts · AA
2015-02-18
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Charge registered #1
Lender: J B Barrack Finance Company Limited
2014-12-17
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ANDERSON, Robert David appointed
director
2014-12-17
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MIDDLETON, Gordon Ian appointed
director
2014-09-25
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Company incorporated
As CHESS GROUP INVESTMENT COMPANY LIMITED
2014-09-25
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BARRACK, James Grieve appointed
director
2014-09-25
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BRYCE, Pamela Jane appointed
secretary

Owner dependency

63/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ms Joanna Bronte Barrack Individual · British · DOB 09/1996 · age 30	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	31/10/2024
Mr James Grieve Barrack Individual · British · DOB 04/1998 · age 28	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	31/10/2024

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr James Grieve Barrackceased 31/10/2024· significant influence · firm interest

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

Incorporated2014-09-25

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

62 Queen's Road

Aberdeen

AB15 4YE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-14

Last: 2025-10-31