COATES PROPERTIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01735144 · ltd · incorporated 1983-06-29
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
95 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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.

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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-£4k-£3k-£2k-£1k-£443£371Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-292023-12-29
Total assets—£21
Current assets—£371
Net assets—£-3.7k
Average employees0—

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 address
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 address
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-09-03
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  3. 2024-10-02
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  4. 2023-02-27
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-22
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  6. 2021-03-17
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  7. 2020-09-16
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  8. 2019-09-11
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  9. 2018-09-11
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  10. 2017-04-05
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  11. 2016-08-26
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  12. 2016-03-16
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    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2015-04-01
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-03-24
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-10-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2009-01-02
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    BOSTOCK, Norman George resigned
    director
  17. 2000-10-10
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    EVANS, Sarah Catherine appointed
    secretary
  18. 2000-10-10
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    PURDUE, Edith Ethel resigned
    secretary
  19. 2000-03-17
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    EVANS, Sarah Catherine appointed
    director
  20. 2000-03-17
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    PICKETT, Jane Kayworth, Dr appointed
    director
  21. 2000-03-17
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    WESTROP, Jessica Alice appointed
    director
  22. 2000-03-16
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    PURDUE, Edith Ethel resigned
    director
  23. 1983-06-29
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    Company incorporated
    As COATES PROPERTIES 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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 43 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
Dr Jane Kayworth Pickett
Individual · British · DOB 08/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Jessica Alice Westrop
Individual · British · DOB 09/1957 · age 69
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Sarah Catherine Evans
Individual · British · DOB 02/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1983-06-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

The Octagon Suite E2 2nd Floor
Middleborough
Colchester
Essex
CO1 1TG
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-29
Last made up to: 2024-12-29
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-20
Last: 2026-03-06

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

EVANS, Sarah Catherine→
secretary · appointed 2000-10-10
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Active
EVANS, Sarah Catherine→
director · ~65y · appointed 2000-03-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PICKETT, Jane Kayworth, Dr→
director · ~67y · appointed 2000-03-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WESTROP, Jessica Alice→
director · ~69y · appointed 2000-03-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PURDUE, Edith Ethel→
secretary · resigned 2000-10-10
Resigned
BOSTOCK, Norman George→
director · ~101y · resigned 2009-01-02
Resigned
PURDUE, Edith Ethel→
director · ~118y · resigned 2000-03-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (95 total)

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address · AD01
2026-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-12
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accounts · AA
2025-09-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-09-11