CHARIS UK LIMITED
🌿Early-stageactive
SC703529 · ltd · incorporated 2021-07-06
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 4.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Dispensing chemist in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 4.5y
75/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Charge age ~4.5 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · 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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
26 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 11 | 900 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals 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
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-08-06📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-08-06📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-08-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-12-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-23📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2023-09-19📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2023-06-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-17📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-03-14📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2022-03-14📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2022-03-14📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2022-03-14📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2022-03-14📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2022-03-14📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2021-12-08📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-11-19📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2021-11-19📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2021-11-01📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2021-10-29📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2021-10-22🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Santander UK PLC
- 2021-10-15🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Santander UK PLC
- 2021-07-06🏢Company incorporatedAs CHARIS UK LIMITED
- 2021-07-06➕ASIEDU, Doreen appointeddirector
- 2021-07-06➕OGUNNOIKI, Olayinka Ayokunle appointeddirector
Owner dependency
66/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Olayinka Ayokunle Ogunnoiki Individual · British · DOB 09/1963 · age 63 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 06/07/2021 |
Mrs Doreen Asiedu Individual · British · DOB 12/1984 · age 42 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 06/07/2021 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2021-07-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47730 — Dispensing chemist in specialised stores
Registered office
Bristo Square Pharmacy
Bristo Square
Edinburgh
EH8 9AL
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-18
Last: 2025-07-04
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
ASIEDU, Doreen→
Activedirector · ~42y · appointed 2021-07-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
OGUNNOIKI, Olayinka Ayokunle→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2021-07-06
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Santander Santander UK PLC | A registered charge | — | 22/10/2021 | — | |
| outstanding | Santander Santander UK PLC | A registered charge | — | 15/10/2021 | — |
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Recent filings (26 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-08-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-20
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-09-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-17
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-02-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-29
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2022-03-14