ES SESSION CHANTERS LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC802261 · ltd · incorporated 2024-03-08
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-2.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 32200
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (74/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
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
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
4 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
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
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £2,379

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£16k
Net Worth
-£2k
Current Assets
£28k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-31
Total assets£-2.4k
Current assets£27.6k
Cash£15.6k
Net assets£-2.4k

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

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2 signals 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 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (6 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-03-08
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ES SESSION CHANTERS LIMITED
  3. 2024-03-08
    DOUGLAS, Callum appointed
    director
  4. 2024-03-08
    MACDONALD, Kevin James appointed
    director
  5. 2024-03-08
    MOLLON, Dean Edwards appointed
    director
  6. 2024-03-08
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

55/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Young company: Only 2.1 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

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
Mr Callum Douglas
Individual · British · DOB 10/1997 · age 29
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting08/03/2024
Kevin Macdonald
Individual · British · DOB 01/1978 · age 48
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting08/03/2024
Dean Mollon
Individual · British · DOB 01/1989 · age 37
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting08/03/2024

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
Incorporated2024-03-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC32200 — SIC 32200

Registered office

Unit 16b Houston Mains Holdings
Broxburn
West Lothian
EH52 6PA
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-21
Last: 2026-03-07

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

DOUGLAS, Callum
director · ~29y · appointed 2024-03-08
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Active
MACDONALD, Kevin James
director · ~48y · appointed 2024-03-08
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Active
MOLLON, Dean Edwards
director · ~37y · appointed 2024-03-08
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Active

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Recent filings (4 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-12
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-03-08