48 COTHAM ROAD FLAT MANAGEMENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01632213 · ltd · incorporated 1982-04-29
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£1.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Residents property management
Sector: Activities of households
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
18 officers (4 active, 18 linked, 13 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
133 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,193

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£1k
↑ 9077% YoY
Current Assets
£1k
↑ 9077% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£239£477£716£954£1kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-012024-04-01
Total assets£1.2k£13
Current assets£1.2k£13
Net assets£1.2k£13

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 address
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (44 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  3. 2024-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  4. 2023-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  5. 2022-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-04-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2021-09-06
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2021-09-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2021-09-06
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2021-09-06
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2021-09-01
    ➕
    BROWN, Jill Wanda appointed
    director
  12. 2021-08-31
    ➖
    LAWES, Gareth Nigel resigned
    director
  13. 2021-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-08-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  15. 2019-11-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  16. 2018-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  17. 2017-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  18. 2016-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  19. 2004-03-19
    ➕
    BEGLAN, Philip Michael Peter appointed
    director
  20. 2004-03-19
    ➖
    HOPSON, Sara Jane resigned
    director
  21. 2003-06-23
    ➕
    HOPSON, Sara Jane appointed
    director
  22. 2003-06-23
    ➖
    JANJUA, Sofia resigned
    director
  23. 2001-05-25
    ➖
    CLARKE, Paul resigned
    director
  24. 2001-05-25
    ➕
    JANJUA, Sofia appointed
    director
  25. 1999-01-08
    ➕
    CLARKE, Paul appointed
    director
  26. 1999-01-08
    ➖
    HUMPHREYS, Bedwyr resigned
    director
  27. 1999-01-08
    ➕
    LAWES, Gareth Nigel appointed
    director
  28. 1999-01-08
    ➖
    TREGENZA, Judith Mary resigned
    director
  29. 1998-12-29
    ➕
    WESTCOTT, Myles St John appointed
    secretary
  30. 1998-12-29
    ➕
    WESTCOTT, Myles St John appointed
    director
  31. 1998-12-29
    ➖
    MATTHEWS, Ashley James resigned
    secretary
  32. 1998-12-29
    ➖
    MATTHEWS, Ashley James resigned
    director
  33. 1997-08-07
    ➖
    HUMPHREYS, Joanna resigned
    secretary
  34. 1997-08-07
    ➕
    MATTHEWS, Ashley James appointed
    secretary
  35. 1997-08-07
    ➕
    MATTHEWS, Ashley James appointed
    director
  36. 1997-05-24
    ➕
    HUMPHREYS, Joanna appointed
    secretary
  37. 1996-12-30
    ➖
    RYAN, Sheila Morag Clark resigned
    secretary
  38. 1996-10-08
    ➖
    RYAN, Nicholas Malcolm Gerard resigned
    director
  39. 1996-07-03
    ➕
    HUMPHREYS, Bedwyr appointed
    director
  40. 1995-09-22
    ➖
    BULLIVANT, Anne-Marie Nelia resigned
    director
  41. 1993-07-05
    ➖
    RYAN, Sheila Morag Clark resigned
    secretary
  42. 1993-07-05
    ➕
    RYAN, Nicholas Malcolm Gerard appointed
    director
  43. 1993-07-05
    ➖
    RYAN, Sheila Morag Clark resigned
    director
  44. 1982-04-29
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 48 COTHAM ROAD FLAT MANAGEMENT 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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — 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 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 44 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Jill Wanda Brown
Individual · British · DOB 07/1943 · age 83
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/09/2021
Mr Myles Westcott
Individual · British · DOB 05/1971 · age 55
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Philip Michael Peter Beglan
Individual · British · DOB 12/1972 · age 54
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Gareth Nigel Lawesceased 31/08/2021· 25-50% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1982-04-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

48 Cotham Road
Bristol
BS6 6DP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-01
Last made up to: 2025-04-01
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-14
Last: 2025-06-30

Officers (4 active · 14 resigned)

WESTCOTT, Myles St John→
secretary · appointed 1998-12-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BEGLAN, Philip Michael Peter→
director · ~54y · appointed 2004-03-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROWN, Jill Wanda→
director · ~83y · appointed 2021-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WESTCOTT, Myles St John→
director · ~55y · appointed 1998-12-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HUMPHREYS, Joanna→
secretary · appointed 1997-05-24 · resigned 1997-08-07
Resigned
MATTHEWS, Ashley James→
secretary · appointed 1997-08-07 · resigned 1998-12-29
Resigned
RYAN, Sheila Morag Clark→
secretary · resigned 1996-12-30
Resigned
RYAN, Sheila Morag Clark→
secretary · resigned 1993-07-05
Resigned
BULLIVANT, Anne-Marie Nelia→
director · ~61y · resigned 1995-09-22
Resigned
CLARKE, Paul→
director · ~54y · appointed 1999-01-08 · resigned 2001-05-25
Resigned
HOPSON, Sara Jane→
director · ~53y · appointed 2003-06-23 · resigned 2004-03-19
Resigned
HUMPHREYS, Bedwyr→
director · ~59y · appointed 1996-07-03 · resigned 1999-01-08
Resigned
JANJUA, Sofia→
director · ~50y · appointed 2001-05-25 · resigned 2003-06-23
Resigned
LAWES, Gareth Nigel→
director · ~78y · appointed 1999-01-08 · resigned 2021-08-31
Resigned
MATTHEWS, Ashley James→
director · ~60y · appointed 1997-08-07 · resigned 1998-12-29
Resigned
RYAN, Nicholas Malcolm Gerard→
director · ~59y · appointed 1993-07-05 · resigned 1996-10-08
Resigned
RYAN, Sheila Morag Clark→
director · ~92y · resigned 1993-07-05
Resigned
TREGENZA, Judith Mary→
director · ~83y · resigned 1999-01-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (133 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-04-11
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-09-06
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-09-06
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-09-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-31