CHEVIOT VETS LTD

🌳Matureactive
09510685 · ltd · incorporated 2015-03-26
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 10.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to May 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Veterinary activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 10.9y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 10.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
32 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Average employees302700

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-04-03
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  10. 2018-04-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2018-04-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2018-04-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2018-04-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2018-03-29
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  15. 2018-01-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-06-24
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  17. 2015-03-26
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    Company incorporated
    As CHEVIOT VETS LTD
  18. 2015-03-26
    ➕
    SCHAELI, Sabine appointed
    secretary
  19. 2015-03-26
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    SCHAELI, Sabine, Dr appointed
    director
  20. 2015-03-26
    ➕
    SCHAELI, Urs appointed
    director

Owner dependency

66/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

41/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Urs And Sabine Schaeli As Trustees Of The U. & S. Schaeli Trust 2015 holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Urs And Sabine Schaeli As Trustees Of The U. & S. Schaeli Trust 2015
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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CHEVIOT VETS LTD
This company · 09510685

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Urs And Sabine Schaeli As Trustees Of The U. & S. Schaeli Trust 2015
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting25/03/2018
Mr Urs Schaeli
Individual · Swiss · DOB 10/1969 · age 57
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Dr Sabine Schaeli
Individual · German · DOB 12/1975 · age 51
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2015-03-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC75000 — Veterinary activities

Registered office

17 Walkergate
Berwick-Upon-Tweed
Northumberland
TD15 1DJ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-09
Last: 2026-03-26

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

SCHAELI, Sabine→
secretary · appointed 2015-03-26
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Active
SCHAELI, Sabine, Dr→
director · ~51y · appointed 2015-03-26
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Active
SCHAELI, Urs→
director · ~57y · appointed 2015-03-26
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—24/06/2015—
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Recent filings (32 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-04-02