CHEVALIER ENGINEERING LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC393664 · ltd · incorporated 2011-02-16

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 May 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 09100

Sector: Mining & quarrying

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

38 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2025-12-31
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2022-01-22
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2017-02-28
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accounts · AA
2016-04-29
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officers · AP01
2016-04-18
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LOUIS, Jillian Mcgregor appointed
director
2016-03-14
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annual-return · AR01
2016-02-25
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2015-01-29
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2011-03-03
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LOUIS, Jillian appointed
secretary
2011-03-03
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LOUIS, Steven appointed
director
2011-02-16
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Company incorporated
As CHEVALIER ENGINEERING LTD.
2011-02-16
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TRAINER, Peter appointed
secretary
2011-02-16
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TRAINER, Peter resigned
secretary
2011-02-16
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MCINTOSH, Susan appointed
director
2011-02-16
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MCINTOSH, Susan resigned
director
2011-02-16
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TRAINER, Peter appointed
director
2011-02-16
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TRAINER, Peter resigned
director

Owner dependency

76/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Steven Louis Individual · British · DOB 04/1979 · age 47	50–75%	—	50-75% shares	06/04/2016
Mrs Jillian Louis Individual · British · DOB 04/1977 · age 49	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2011-02-16

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC09100 — SIC 09100

Registered office

The Coach House

Belhelvie Lodge

Belhelvie

Aberdeenshire

AB23 8YU

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-02

Last: 2026-02-16

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

LOUIS, Jillian→

secretary · appointed 2011-03-03

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Active

LOUIS, Jillian Mcgregor→

director · ~49y · appointed 2016-04-18

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Active

LOUIS, Steven→

director · ~47y · appointed 2011-03-03

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Active

TRAINER, Peter→

secretary · appointed 2011-02-16 · resigned 2011-02-16

Resigned

MCINTOSH, Susan→

director · ~56y · appointed 2011-02-16 · resigned 2011-02-16

Resigned

TRAINER, Peter→

director · ~74y · appointed 2011-02-16 · resigned 2011-02-16

Resigned

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