CHAPTER ONE PROPERTIES LIMITED
🌱Startupactive
SC829668 · ltd · incorporated 2024-11-21
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
£-1.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 1.1y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 1.1 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (73/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 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
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
10 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £1,505
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£2k
Net Worth
-£2k
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|
| Total assets | £158.3k |
| Cash | £2.4k |
| Net assets | £-1.5k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
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
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
6
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 2 officers
- • 1 address
Last 180 days
7
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 2 officers
- • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-30📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-03-30📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-03-30📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-03-30📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-03-30📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2026-03-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-02📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-04-01🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2025-03-04📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-11-21🏢Company incorporatedAs CHAPTER ONE PROPERTIES LIMITED
- 2024-11-21➕BERTRAM, Paul appointeddirector
- 2024-11-21➕CLUGSTON, Natalie appointeddirector
- 2024-11-21📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
63/100
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.
- +Young company: Only 1.4 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Natalie Clugston Individual · British · DOB 04/1988 · age 38 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 21/11/2024 |
Mr Paul Bertram Individual · British · DOB 09/1989 · age 37 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 21/11/2024 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
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.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2024-11-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.
Registered office
2 Dalhousie Road
Dalkeith
Midlothian
EH22 3AS
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-04
Last: 2025-11-20
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
BERTRAM, Paul→
Activedirector · ~37y · appointed 2024-11-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CLUGSTON, Natalie→
Activedirector · ~38y · appointed 2024-11-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 2 properties | 01/04/2025 | — |
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Recent filings (10 total)
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-04
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-04-02
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-03-04
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-11-21