CHILLWIND LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC234183 · ltd · incorporated 2002-07-16
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 18.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 18.1y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 18.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 20/100 — 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
18 officers (4 active, 18 linked, 13 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
101 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 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£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees00

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
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (53 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-04
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2023-11-28
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    MUNDAY, Rachel appointed
    director
  5. 2023-09-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-04-15
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    ROBERTS, Dylan Gareth appointed
    director
  9. 2021-04-15
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    MUNDAY, Rachel resigned
    director
  10. 2021-04-15
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2021-04-15
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2020-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-12-01
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  14. 2020-12-01
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    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  15. 2019-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-09-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2018-09-28
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  18. 2018-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  19. 2018-09-24
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    HORTON, Philip John resigned
    director
  20. 2018-04-16
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  21. 2018-04-03
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    BOWMAN, Paul Andrew resigned
    director
  22. 2017-11-10
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  23. 2017-10-05
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    CHAPMAN, Ruth Susannah appointed
    director
  24. 2017-10-05
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    PEASLEY, Catherine Jane resigned
    director
  25. 2015-10-01
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    BOWMAN, Paul Andrew appointed
    director
  26. 2015-05-06
    ➕
    EVANS, Gerallt Tudur appointed
    director
  27. 2014-07-31
    ➖
    BANTON, Alison resigned
    secretary
  28. 2014-04-01
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    ROWBOTTOM, Andrew John resigned
    director
  29. 2014-03-26
    ➕
    PEASLEY, Catherine Jane appointed
    director
  30. 2014-03-01
    ➕
    HORTON, Philip John appointed
    director
  31. 2014-03-01
    ➕
    MUNDAY, Rachel appointed
    director
  32. 2014-01-29
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    BOWRY, Sanjay resigned
    director
  33. 2013-05-02
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    SAY, Jonathan David resigned
    director
  34. 2012-10-03
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  35. 2012-09-01
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    Charge satisfied #1
  36. 2012-08-17
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    BANTON, Alison appointed
    secretary
  37. 2012-08-17
    ➖
    HAMMOND, Neil resigned
    secretary
  38. 2012-08-17
    ➖
    MBM SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  39. 2012-08-17
    ➕
    BOWRY, Sanjay appointed
    director
  40. 2012-08-17
    ➕
    ROWBOTTOM, Andrew John appointed
    director
  41. 2012-08-17
    ➕
    SAY, Jonathan David appointed
    director
  42. 2012-08-17
    ➖
    TARVES, Richard resigned
    director
  43. 2009-07-15
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    HUSBAND, Stephen Hugh resigned
    secretary
  44. 2008-04-02
    ➕
    HAMMOND, Neil appointed
    secretary
  45. 2008-03-28
    ➕
    MBM SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  46. 2008-03-28
    ➖
    HAMMOND, Neil resigned
    director
  47. 2008-03-28
    ➕
    TARVES, Richard appointed
    director
  48. 2008-03-28
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  49. 2002-07-16
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    Company incorporated
    As CHILLWIND LIMITED
  50. 2002-07-16
    ➕
    HUSBAND, Stephen Hugh appointed
    secretary
Showing most recent 50 of 53 events

Owner dependency

48/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • 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

Dulas Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Dulas Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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CHILLWIND LIMITED
This company · SC234183

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Dulas Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting01/09/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

6 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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🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-07-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Unit 3 Site 6
Dalcross Industrial Estate
Inverness
IV2 7XB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-15
Last: 2025-09-01

Officers (4 active · 14 resigned)

CHAPMAN, Ruth Susannah→
director · ~46y · appointed 2017-10-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
EVANS, Gerallt Tudur→
director · ~43y · appointed 2015-05-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MUNDAY, Rachel→
director · ~60y · appointed 2023-11-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROBERTS, Dylan Gareth→
director · ~57y · appointed 2021-04-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BANTON, Alison→
secretary · appointed 2012-08-17 · resigned 2014-07-31
Resigned
HAMMOND, Neil→
secretary · appointed 2008-04-02 · resigned 2012-08-17
Resigned
HUSBAND, Stephen Hugh→
secretary · appointed 2002-07-16 · resigned 2009-07-15
Resigned
MBM SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-03-28 · resigned 2012-08-17
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-07-16 · resigned 2002-07-16
Resigned
BOWMAN, Paul Andrew→
director · ~64y · appointed 2015-10-01 · resigned 2018-04-03
Resigned
BOWRY, Sanjay→
director · ~63y · appointed 2012-08-17 · resigned 2014-01-29
Resigned
HAMMOND, Neil→
director · ~67y · appointed 2002-07-16 · resigned 2008-03-28
Resigned
HORTON, Philip John→
director · ~60y · appointed 2014-03-01 · resigned 2018-09-24
Resigned
MUNDAY, Rachel→
director · ~60y · appointed 2014-03-01 · resigned 2021-04-15
Resigned
PEASLEY, Catherine Jane→
director · ~59y · appointed 2014-03-26 · resigned 2017-10-05
Resigned
ROWBOTTOM, Andrew John→
director · ~62y · appointed 2012-08-17 · resigned 2014-04-01
Resigned
SAY, Jonathan David→
director · ~53y · appointed 2012-08-17 · resigned 2013-05-02
Resigned
TARVES, Richard→
director · ~50y · appointed 2008-03-28 · resigned 2012-08-17
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Floating charge1 property03/10/2012—
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
Floating charge1 property28/03/200801/09/2012
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Recent filings (101 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-04-15
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-12-18
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2020-12-01