HOOPERS OF COLCHESTER LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
00844837 · ltd · incorporated 1965-04-06
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 43.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 86-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 86). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 43.3y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 43.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (61/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (4 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
26 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
103 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-10-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-02-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-01-08
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2020-12-29
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    THOMPSON, David Brian resigned
    director
  9. 2019-11-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-11-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-11-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-12-23
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-11-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-12-18
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2014-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2004-12-01
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    DANT, Christopher James appointed
    secretary
  18. 2004-12-01
    ➕
    COPUS, Roy Bernard appointed
    director
  19. 2004-12-01
    ➖
    TREGASKES, Leon Paul resigned
    secretary
  20. 2004-12-01
    ➖
    TREGASKES, Leon Paul resigned
    director
  21. 2002-05-31
    ➖
    ALLKINS, Allan Michael resigned
    director
  22. 1997-07-15
    ➕
    WOODWARD, Katharine Patricia appointed
    director
  23. 1995-07-03
    ➕
    ALLKINS, Allan Michael appointed
    director
  24. 1995-02-17
    ➖
    HILL, Peter Gerald resigned
    director
  25. 1983-02-15
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  26. 1965-04-06
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    Company incorporated
    As HOOPERS OF COLCHESTER LIMITED

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 86 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 86 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 61 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.)

Group structure

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

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Parkstone Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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HOOPERS OF COLCHESTER LIMITED
This company · 00844837

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
Parkstone Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1965-04-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

The Office Cheveley Park Stud
Duchess Drive
Newmarket
Suffolk
CB8 9DD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last: 2025-12-17

Officers (4 active · 5 resigned)

DANT, Christopher James→
secretary · appointed 2004-12-01
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Active
COPUS, Roy Bernard→
director · ~67y · appointed 2004-12-01
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Active
THOMPSON, Patricia→
director · ~86y
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Active
WOODWARD, Katharine Patricia→
director · ~58y · appointed 1997-07-15
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Active
TREGASKES, Leon Paul→
secretary · resigned 2004-12-01
Resigned
ALLKINS, Allan Michael→
director · ~81y · appointed 1995-07-03 · resigned 2002-05-31
Resigned
HILL, Peter Gerald→
director · ~73y · resigned 1995-02-17
Resigned
THOMPSON, David Brian→
director · ~90y · resigned 2020-12-29
Resigned
TREGASKES, Leon Paul→
director · ~66y · resigned 2004-12-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Debenture1 property15/02/1983—
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Recent filings (103 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-10-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-02-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-01-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-11-01