CHILTON FLOORING LTD
Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 0.1y
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Newest facility, 0.1 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 2 | 100 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
- • 1 mortgage
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 2 confirmation-statement
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 mortgage
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-19📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2026-03-14🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
- 2025-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-11-04📄replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP01CS01
- 2025-11-04📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-11-04📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-08-22📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-22📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2023-11-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-15📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-02-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-15📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-01-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-05📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2018-08-01➖BAIN, Nicole resignedsecretary
- 2018-02-06🏢Company incorporatedAs CHILTON FLOORING LTD
- 2018-02-06➕CHILTON, Scott Andrew appointeddirector
- 2018-02-06➕BAIN, Nicole appointedsecretary
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CHILTON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
Succession & seller-readiness
Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
Red flags
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Scott Chilton Individual · British · DOB 12/1982 · age 44 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/02/2018 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Miss Nicole Morgan Bainceased 31/03/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Filing status
Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited | A registered charge | — | 14/03/2026 | — |