CHEMICALBRIDGE LTD

🌱Startupactive
SC814027 · ltd · incorporated 2024-06-19
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46750
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. 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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
7 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
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-30
Average employees0

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-03
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-05-19
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2025-05-16
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2025-05-02
    SUTHERLAND, Lesley Jane appointed
    director
  6. 2024-06-19
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CHEMICALBRIDGE LTD
  7. 2024-06-19
    HOU, Wenduan, Dr. appointed
    director
  8. 2024-06-19
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Young company: Only 1.9 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Dr. Wenduan Hou
Individual · Chinese · DOB 11/1985 · age 41
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control19/06/2024

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
Incorporated2024-06-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46750 — SIC 46750

Registered office

Unit 77d 37 Rosyth Road
Glasgow
G5 0YE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-01
Last: 2025-09-17

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

HOU, Wenduan, Dr.
director · ~41y · appointed 2024-06-19
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Active
SUTHERLAND, Lesley Jane
director · ~55y · appointed 2025-05-02
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Active

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Recent filings (7 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-05-16
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-06-19