1, COTHAM GROVE MANAGEMENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02391373 · ltd · incorporated 1989-06-02

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

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£4

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 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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

23 officers (5 active, 23 linked, 19 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

135 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒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

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £4

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£4

~ YoY

Current Assets

£4

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-05	2024-04-05
Total assets	£4	£4
Current assets	£4	£4
Net assets	£4	£4

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

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (56 events)Click to expand

2026-05-29
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officers · CH01
2026-05-28
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officers · CH01
2026-01-11
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officers · CH04
2025-07-18
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accounts · AA
2025-03-25
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officers · CH01
2025-03-25
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officers · CH01
2025-03-25
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address · AD01
2024-08-19
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RONEN, Yael appointed
director
2024-08-19
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officers · AP01
2024-07-22
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accounts · AA
2023-12-18
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accounts · AA
2023-04-25
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officers · TM01
2022-12-29
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accounts · AA
2022-12-13
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GARVEY, Samuel John resigned
director
2022-12-13
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officers · TM01
2022-04-19
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officers · CH04
2021-08-04
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accounts · AA
2021-02-09
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accounts · AA
2020-11-20
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officers · AP01
2020-11-05
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GARVEY, Samuel John appointed
director
2020-08-07
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RYAN, Lucinda, Dr resigned
director
2019-10-28
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accounts · AA
2017-03-28
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RYAN, Lucinda, Dr appointed
director
2017-03-27
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ASFOUR, Thelma Mary appointed
director
2017-03-27
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GWYTHER, Chris resigned
director
2016-12-08
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B-HIVE COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2016-12-08
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CROWN LEASEHOLD MANAGEMENT resigned
corporate-secretary
2015-02-09
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GWYTHER, Chris appointed
director
2014-10-09
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WEINSTOCK, Michelle resigned
director
2014-01-01
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CROWN LEASEHOLD MANAGEMENT appointed
corporate-secretary
2013-11-06
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ZUCCOLO, Luisa resigned
director
2011-11-15
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WEINSTOCK, Michelle appointed
director
2011-11-14
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MILLS, Eric Charles resigned
director
2009-09-01
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ZUCCOLO, Luisa appointed
director
2009-08-30
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GREENWAY, Shelly Anne resigned
director
2008-06-17
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SINGH-KHAKH, Rajinder resigned
secretary
2007-06-15
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MILLS, Eric Charles appointed
director
2007-06-15
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ROSE, Simon Christopher resigned
director
2006-10-04
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GREENWAY, Shelly Anne appointed
director
2006-10-04
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JACOBS, Paul Edward resigned
director
2005-04-01
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RAYBONE, Leah resigned
director
2005-01-26
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ROSE, Simon Christopher appointed
director
2005-01-26
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WILLINGHAM, Laurence John resigned
director
2004-05-26
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RAYBONE, Leah appointed
director
2002-08-19
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DUSSERT, Marc resigned
director
2002-08-01
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SHIELDS, Paul George appointed
director
2000-05-20
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SIMPSON, Gaynor resigned
director
2000-05-01
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JACOBS, Paul Edward appointed
director
1996-10-01
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BOWDEN, Tessa Gay Urquhart resigned
director
1996-10-01
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SIMPSON, Gaynor appointed
director

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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 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — 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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 32 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

Incorporated1989-06-02

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Stonemead House

95 London Road

Croydon

Surrey

CR0 2RF

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-05

Last made up to: 2025-04-05

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-06-12

Last: 2026-05-29