72/74 COLSTON STREET MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02001020 · ltd · incorporated 1986-03-17

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 Mar 2026

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other accommodation

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 88-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 88). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

25 officers (8 active, 25 linked, 20 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

133 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2026-03-31	2025-03-31
Average employees	0	0

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts
• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (55 events)Click to expand

2026-05-11
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accounts · AA
2026-05-11
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-28
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-06-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-08
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BLACKWELL, Arthur Walter resigned
director
2024-06-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-27
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officers · AP01
2023-10-27
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-10-23
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WATSON, Daniel appointed
director
2023-10-23
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GOLDING, Matthew Thomas resigned
director
2023-07-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-09
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-06-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-09
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address · AD01
2019-06-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-09-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2011-12-20
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RAINSFORD, Victoria Louise resigned
director
2011-09-02
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GOLDING, Matthew Thomas appointed
director
2011-09-02
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MCNALLY, Sarah resigned
director
2011-06-20
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PORTWAY, Joshua James Douglas appointed
director
2007-06-06
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DUBUISSON, Ben Peter appointed
director
2007-01-01
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MOTHERSDILL, Adrian appointed
secretary
2007-01-01
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MANSER, David resigned
secretary
2004-06-21
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PORTWAY, Caroline Baillieu resigned
director
2004-06-21
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RAINSFORD, Victoria Louise appointed
director
2003-01-12
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MCNALLY, Sarah appointed
director
2003-01-01
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KING, Andrew Francis resigned
director
2002-05-01
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KATZ, Jason Trevor appointed
director
2002-04-26
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JACKSON, Lucenda Fleur resigned
director
2002-04-01
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JACKSON, Lucenda Fleur appointed
director
2002-04-01
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KING, Andrew Francis appointed
director
2002-03-05
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BLACKWELL, Arthur Walter appointed
director
2002-02-01
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PICTON, Robert John resigned
director
2001-06-01
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BALDWIN, Geoffrey Simon, Doctor resigned
director
2000-05-07
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PRICE, Charles Jonathan appointed
director
2000-05-07
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BALDWIN, Geoffrey Simon, Doctor resigned
secretary
2000-03-07
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MANSER, David appointed
director
2000-03-07
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MANSER, David appointed
secretary
1997-02-05
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ANDREWS, Melanie Patricia resigned
director
1997-02-05
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PORTWAY, Caroline Baillieu appointed
director
1995-04-14
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BALDWIN, Geoffrey Simon, Doctor appointed
secretary
1994-10-17
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VELOCITY COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
1994-01-11
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BALDWIN, Geoffrey Simon, Doctor appointed
director
1994-01-11
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PICTON, Robert John appointed
director
1993-11-16
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PICTON, Robert John resigned
director
1993-09-24
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VELOCITY COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
1993-06-01
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ANDREWS, Melanie Patricia appointed
director
1993-04-30
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HAZELBY, Charlotte appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 55 events

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

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 88 — 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 70+: Senior director is approximately 88 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1986-03-17

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC55900 — Other accommodation

Registered office

Cold Change Cottage

Inglestone Common

Badminton

GL9 1BZ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-12-31

Last made up to: 2026-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-28

Last: 2026-04-14