C HERE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC237010 · ltd · incorporated 2002-09-18
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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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
Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
65 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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 Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Average employees2200

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2023-09-20
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  6. 2023-09-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2023-09-20
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2023-09-20
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2023-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-03-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2022-06-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-06-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-06-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-11-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2019-06-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2003-09-19
    ➕
    RAE, Janice Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  18. 2003-09-19
    ➖
    MESSRS THORNTONS WS resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  19. 2003-01-20
    ➕
    RAE, Alan George appointed
    director
  20. 2003-01-20
    ➕
    RAE, Janice Elizabeth appointed
    director
  21. 2003-01-20
    ➖
    HUTCHESON, Iain Henderson resigned
    nominee-director
  22. 2002-09-18
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    Company incorporated
    As C HERE LIMITED
  23. 2002-09-18
    ➕
    MESSRS THORNTONS WS appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2002-09-18
    ➕
    HUTCHESON, Iain Henderson appointed
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alan George Rae
Individual · British · DOB 10/1948 · age 78
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/07/2016
Mrs Janice Elizabeth Rae
Individual · British · DOB 07/1949 · age 77
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2002-09-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

11 Dudhope Terrace
Dundee
DD3 6TS
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-02
Last: 2025-09-18

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

RAE, Janice Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2003-09-19
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Active
RAE, Alan George→
director · ~78y · appointed 2003-01-20
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Active
RAE, Janice Elizabeth→
director · ~77y · appointed 2003-01-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MESSRS THORNTONS WS→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-09-18 · resigned 2003-09-19
Resigned
HUTCHESON, Iain Henderson→
nominee-director · appointed 2002-09-18 · resigned 2003-01-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (65 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-20
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-09-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-20
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-09-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-20