CHAPELTON COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

🌳Matureactive
SC441179 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2013-01-25
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value
—
Upgrade to see
Turnover
—
not disclosed
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 81100
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (57/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
39 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-13
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-04
    📄
    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  4. 2024-07-04
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  5. 2024-06-28
    ➕
    STEWART, Sarah Kirstin appointed
    secretary
  6. 2024-06-27
    ➖
    BURNESS PAULL LLP resigned
    corporate-secretary
  7. 2024-02-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-09-01
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  9. 2023-08-04
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  10. 2023-02-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-01-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-02-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-01-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-04-03
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2019-03-29
    ➕
    DYMOCK, Jonathan Richard, Mr. appointed
    director
  16. 2019-02-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-01-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-04-06
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  19. 2017-02-10
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  20. 2014-09-10
    ➕
    BURNESS PAULL LLP appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2013-01-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CHAPELTON COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY
  22. 2013-01-25
    ➕
    THE DUKE OF FIFE, David Charles Carnegie, His Grace appointed
    director
  23. 2013-01-25
    ➕
    CHAPELTON FOUNDERS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
  • 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

Chapelton Founders Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Chapelton Founders Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
⬇
CHAPELTON COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY
This company · SC441179

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
Chapelton Founders Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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.

See pricing →

Similar companies

Active · Trade services · DD postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
INTERVENTION RENTALS U.K. LIMITED→
SC571008 · est 2017
£5.11M
£3.83M–£6.39M
——678y8465y
ALAN MACKAY MACHINERY (FORFAR) LIMITED→
SC465072 · est 2013
£3.45M
£2.58M–£4.31M
——260012y8373y
INTONA LIMITED→
SC152680 · est 1994
———190031y8375y
KIRKLEA LIMITED→
SC298107 · est 2006
——£132.0k—20y8364y
OUTDOOR ACCESS TRUST FOR SCOTLAND→
SC186301 · est 1998 · no financials extracted
————27y8379y
A.J. CRAIG & SONS (INDUSTRIAL CLEANERS) LIMITED→
SC062835 · est 1977
——£9.8k—48y8265y
ANGUS AGENCIES (1997) LIMITED→
SC177105 · est 1997
———228y8260y
ARTISAN ROOFTECH LIMITED→
SC272122 · est 2004
——£143.1k—21y8258y
BESPOKE BITS LIMITED→
SC106831 · est 1987
———038y8258y
BOYZ-ZONE LIMITED→
SC240512 · est 2002
——£16.5k—23y8258y
BRIAN DAVIDSON LIMITED→
SC192636 · est 1999
———70027y8268y
CAMPHILL GROVE CARE LIMITED→
SC392819 · est 2011
——£52.5k—15y8277y
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒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.

See pricing →
🔒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.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2013-01-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC81100 — SIC 81100

Registered office

Kinnaird Castle
Kinnaird Park
Brechin
Angus
DD9 6TZ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-13
Last: 2026-01-30

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

STEWART, Sarah Kirstin→
secretary · appointed 2024-06-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DYMOCK, Jonathan Richard, Mr.→
director · ~55y · appointed 2019-03-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
THE DUKE OF FIFE, David Charles Carnegie, His Grace→
director · ~65y · appointed 2013-01-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHAPELTON FOUNDERS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2013-01-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BURNESS PAULL LLP→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2014-09-10 · resigned 2024-06-27
Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (39 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-29
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2024-07-04
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-07-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-20
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-09-01
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-08-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-01