HENRY C. COLLISON AND SONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
00950515 · ltd · incorporated 1969-03-21
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46342
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47110Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (74/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
20 officers (2 active, 20 linked, 16 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
147 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year 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 · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-31
Average employees200

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (49 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-04-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-07-24
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2023-04-26
    ➕
    COLQUHOUN, Graeme Alexander appointed
    director
  5. 2023-04-26
    ➕
    SANTRY, Kevin James Albert appointed
    director
  6. 2023-04-26
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2023-04-26
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2023-04-26
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2023-04-26
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  10. 2023-04-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2023-04-25
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    SPY, Karen resigned
    secretary
  12. 2023-04-25
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    NOLTE, Werner resigned
    director
  13. 2023-04-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2022-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-11-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2021-04-11
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2021-04-01
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    THORNTON, Fraser John resigned
    director
  18. 2021-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  19. 2020-03-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  20. 2019-04-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  21. 2018-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  22. 2016-09-05
    ➕
    SPY, Karen appointed
    secretary
  23. 2016-09-05
    ➖
    GREENFIELD, Gary John resigned
    director
  24. 2016-09-05
    ➕
    NOLTE, Werner appointed
    director
  25. 2016-09-05
    ➕
    THORNTON, Fraser John appointed
    director
  26. 2016-03-04
    ➖
    BUCHAN, Caroline Venetia resigned
    secretary
  27. 2011-01-25
    ➕
    BUCHAN, Caroline Venetia appointed
    secretary
  28. 2010-12-08
    ➖
    BUCHAN, Charles James resigned
    secretary
  29. 2004-07-01
    ➕
    GREENFIELD, Gary John appointed
    director
  30. 2004-07-01
    ➖
    VAN DER WATT, Gerhard resigned
    director
  31. 2002-06-11
    ➕
    VAN DER WATT, Gerhard appointed
    director
  32. 2002-06-11
    ➖
    VANDEWALLE, Jacques Marie Luc Germain resigned
    director
  33. 1997-12-12
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    DEWHURST, Simon Francis resigned
    director
  34. 1997-12-12
    ➕
    VANDEWALLE, Jacques Marie Luc Germain appointed
    director
  35. 1997-01-01
    ➕
    BUCHAN, Charles James appointed
    secretary
  36. 1996-12-31
    ➖
    RADBURN, John Alfred resigned
    secretary
  37. 1996-12-31
    ➖
    RADBURN, John Alfred resigned
    director
  38. 1996-12-31
    ➖
    WINGFIELD, Ernest Niall resigned
    director
  39. 1995-09-29
    ➖
    BUCHAN, Charles James resigned
    director
  40. 1995-09-29
    ➕
    RADBURN, John Alfred appointed
    director
  41. 1995-09-29
    ➕
    WINGFIELD, Ernest Niall appointed
    director
  42. 1995-04-05
    ➖
    CARMIGNAC, Pierre resigned
    director
  43. 1994-04-06
    ➕
    BUCHAN, Charles James appointed
    director
  44. 1994-04-06
    ➖
    MATHER, Denys Raymond Alexander resigned
    director
  45. 1994-03-25
    ➖
    COLLISON, Richard Cresswell Stoughton resigned
    director
  46. 1994-03-21
    ➕
    DEWHURST, Simon Francis appointed
    director
  47. 1993-12-21
    ➖
    KRAMER, Norman Cyril resigned
    director
  48. 1993-04-22
    ➖
    FLETCHER, Paul David resigned
    director
  49. 1969-03-21
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As HENRY C. COLLISON AND SONS LIMITED

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

Succession & seller-readiness

46/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 57 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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

Vins Et Spiritueux Richelieu S.A. is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Vins Et Spiritueux Richelieu S.A.
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
⬇
HENRY C. COLLISON AND SONS LIMITED
This company · 00950515

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
Vins Et Spiritueux Richelieu S.A.
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.

🔒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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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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1969-03-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46342 — SIC 46342

Registered office

9 Savill Road
Lindfield
Haywards Heath
West Sussex
RH16 2NY
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-17
Last: 2025-12-03

Officers (2 active · 18 resigned)

COLQUHOUN, Graeme Alexander→
director · ~54y · appointed 2023-04-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SANTRY, Kevin James Albert→
director · ~55y · appointed 2023-04-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUCHAN, Caroline Venetia→
secretary · appointed 2011-01-25 · resigned 2016-03-04
Resigned
BUCHAN, Charles James→
secretary · appointed 1997-01-01 · resigned 2010-12-08
Resigned
RADBURN, John Alfred→
secretary · resigned 1996-12-31
Resigned
SPY, Karen→
secretary · appointed 2016-09-05 · resigned 2023-04-25
Resigned
BUCHAN, Charles James→
director · ~82y · appointed 1994-04-06 · resigned 1995-09-29
Resigned
CARMIGNAC, Pierre→
director · ~102y · resigned 1995-04-05
Resigned
COLLISON, Richard Cresswell Stoughton→
director · ~106y · resigned 1994-03-25
Resigned
DEWHURST, Simon Francis→
director · ~73y · appointed 1994-03-21 · resigned 1997-12-12
Resigned
FLETCHER, Paul David→
director · ~93y · resigned 1993-04-22
Resigned
GREENFIELD, Gary John→
director · ~60y · appointed 2004-07-01 · resigned 2016-09-05
Resigned
KRAMER, Norman Cyril→
director · ~99y · resigned 1993-12-21
Resigned
MATHER, Denys Raymond Alexander→
director · ~95y · resigned 1994-04-06
Resigned
NOLTE, Werner→
director · ~50y · appointed 2016-09-05 · resigned 2023-04-25
Resigned
RADBURN, John Alfred→
director · ~84y · appointed 1995-09-29 · resigned 1996-12-31
Resigned
THORNTON, Fraser John→
director · ~57y · appointed 2016-09-05 · resigned 2021-04-01
Resigned
VAN DER WATT, Gerhard→
director · ~63y · appointed 2002-06-11 · resigned 2004-07-01
Resigned
VANDEWALLE, Jacques Marie Luc Germain→
director · ~70y · appointed 1997-12-12 · resigned 2002-06-11
Resigned
WINGFIELD, Ernest Niall→
director · ~89y · appointed 1995-09-29 · resigned 1996-12-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (147 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-04-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-02
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-07-24
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-04-26
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-04-26
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-04-26
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-04-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-05