10 COTHAM GROVE (BRISTOL) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02074169 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1986-11-14
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 2025
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 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (68/100)

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
13 officers (5 active, 13 linked, 8 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
101 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
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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
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Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-07-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-09-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-10-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-04-16
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    OGILVIE, Sheila appointed
    secretary
  9. 2019-04-16
    ➕
    LACEY, Alice Louise appointed
    director
  10. 2019-04-16
    ➖
    LANGDON, Caroline resigned
    secretary
  11. 2019-04-16
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    LANGDON, Caroline resigned
    director
  12. 2019-04-16
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2019-04-16
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2019-04-16
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  15. 2019-04-16
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  16. 2018-09-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-11-20
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  18. 2017-11-20
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  19. 2017-11-16
    ➕
    LANGDON, Caroline appointed
    secretary
  20. 2017-11-16
    ➖
    MAYNARD, Cathrine Elizabeth resigned
    secretary
  21. 2017-10-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2016-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  23. 2009-11-02
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    LANGDON, Caroline appointed
    director
  24. 2009-11-02
    ➖
    SEARLE, Ella Carola Kathleen resigned
    director
  25. 2003-09-09
    ➕
    SEARLE, Ella Carola Kathleen appointed
    director
  26. 2002-03-15
    ➕
    OGILVIE, Sheila appointed
    director
  27. 2002-03-11
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    AMBER, Linda Jane resigned
    secretary
  28. 2002-03-11
    ➕
    MAYNARD, Cathrine Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  29. 2002-03-11
    ➖
    AMBER, Linda Jane resigned
    director
  30. 1998-10-19
    ➕
    AMBER, Linda Jane appointed
    secretary
  31. 1998-10-08
    ➖
    MACLEOD, Christine Margaret resigned
    secretary
  32. 1998-08-05
    ➕
    MAYNARD, Cathrine Elizabeth appointed
    director
  33. 1998-04-17
    ➖
    SUBMEDAR, Nimish Lasant, Dr resigned
    director
  34. 1993-01-08
    ➕
    AMBER, Linda Jane appointed
    director
  35. 1986-11-14
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    Company incorporated
    As 10 COTHAM GROVE (BRISTOL) LIMITED

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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — 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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 39 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated1986-11-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC55900 — Other accommodation

Registered office

10 Cotham Grove
Cotham
Bristol
BS6 6AL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-09
Last: 2025-08-26

Officers (5 active · 8 resigned)

OGILVIE, Sheila→
secretary · appointed 2019-04-16
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Active
LACEY, Alice Louise→
director · ~42y · appointed 2019-04-16
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Active
MACLEOD, Christine Margaret→
director · ~73y
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MAYNARD, Cathrine Elizabeth→
director · ~69y · appointed 1998-08-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OGILVIE, Sheila→
director · ~63y · appointed 2002-03-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AMBER, Linda Jane→
secretary · appointed 1998-10-19 · resigned 2002-03-11
Resigned
LANGDON, Caroline→
secretary · appointed 2017-11-16 · resigned 2019-04-16
Resigned
MACLEOD, Christine Margaret→
secretary · resigned 1998-10-08
Resigned
MAYNARD, Cathrine Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2002-03-11 · resigned 2017-11-16
Resigned
AMBER, Linda Jane→
director · ~63y · appointed 1993-01-08 · resigned 2002-03-11
Resigned
LANGDON, Caroline→
director · ~62y · appointed 2009-11-02 · resigned 2019-04-16
Resigned
SEARLE, Ella Carola Kathleen→
director · ~47y · appointed 2003-09-09 · resigned 2009-11-02
Resigned
SUBMEDAR, Nimish Lasant, Dr→
director · ~61y · resigned 1998-04-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (101 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-04-16