22 COTTESMORE GARDENS MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

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02613643 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1991-05-22
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 Sept 2024
Net worth
£8.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
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 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
11 officers (2 active, 11 linked, 8 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
92 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
80/100Exceptional
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
80
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 £8,284
Net assets shrinking
Down £126 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£8k
↓ 1.5% YoY
Current Assets
£9k
↓ 1.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£2k£4k£5k£7k£9kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£8.3k£8.4k
Current assets£8.8k£8.9k
Net assets£8.3k£8.4k

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 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  3. 2024-04-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2023-06-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-02-22
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    ZIEGLER, Philip Sandeman resigned
    director
  6. 2022-06-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-09-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2021-05-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-06-23
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
  10. 2020-06-23
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    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  11. 2020-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-05-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2019-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-04-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-05-04
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2015-03-31
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    TH COMPANY SECRETARIAL LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  18. 2007-04-02
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    ISMAN, Renaud appointed
    director
  19. 2005-09-12
    ➖
    PHYSICK, Belinda Charis resigned
    secretary
  20. 2005-09-12
    ➕
    TH COMPANY SECRETARIAL LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2005-09-12
    ➖
    GRAY, Jeremy Julian resigned
    director
  22. 2001-03-09
    ➖
    LLOYD, John Michael resigned
    director
  23. 1994-06-30
    ➕
    GRAY, Jeremy Julian appointed
    director
  24. 1994-06-30
    ➖
    NICHOLLS, John Peter resigned
    director
  25. 1992-05-29
    ➖
    THOMAS, Howard resigned
    nominee-secretary
  26. 1992-05-23
    ➖
    CARR, Sophia Anne resigned
    director
  27. 1991-09-04
    ➕
    NICHOLLS, John Peter appointed
    director
  28. 1991-09-03
    ➕
    ZIEGLER, Philip Sandeman appointed
    director
  29. 1991-05-29
    ➖
    ZIEGLER, Colin Christian resigned
    director
  30. 1991-05-22
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 22 COTTESMORE GARDENS MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
  31. 1991-05-22
    ➕
    PHYSICK, Belinda Charis appointed
    director
  32. 1991-05-22
    ➕
    PHYSICK, Belinda Charis appointed
    secretary
  33. 1991-05-22
    ➕
    THOMAS, Howard appointed
    nominee-secretary
  34. 1991-05-22
    ➕
    CARR, Sophia Anne appointed
    director
  35. 1991-05-22
    ➕
    LLOYD, John Michael appointed
    director
  36. 1991-05-22
    ➕
    ZIEGLER, Colin Christian appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 35 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 35 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 35 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
Incorporated1991-05-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

C/O John Purvis And Co., Rheola House
Belle Vue Centre
Cinderford
GL14 2AB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-14
Last: 2026-03-31

Officers (2 active · 9 resigned)

ISMAN, Renaud→
director · ~57y · appointed 2007-04-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PHYSICK, Belinda Charis→
director · ~68y · appointed 1991-05-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PHYSICK, Belinda Charis→
secretary · appointed 1991-05-22 · resigned 2005-09-12
Resigned
THOMAS, Howard→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1991-05-22 · resigned 1992-05-29
Resigned
TH COMPANY SECRETARIAL LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-09-12 · resigned 2015-03-31
Resigned
CARR, Sophia Anne→
director · ~64y · appointed 1991-05-22 · resigned 1992-05-23
Resigned
GRAY, Jeremy Julian→
director · ~77y · appointed 1994-06-30 · resigned 2005-09-12
Resigned
LLOYD, John Michael→
director · ~114y · appointed 1991-05-22 · resigned 2001-03-09
Resigned
NICHOLLS, John Peter→
director · ~63y · appointed 1991-09-04 · resigned 1994-06-30
Resigned
ZIEGLER, Colin Christian→
director · ~61y · appointed 1991-05-22 · resigned 1991-05-29
Resigned
ZIEGLER, Philip Sandeman→
director · ~97y · appointed 1991-09-03 · resigned 2023-02-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (92 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-02
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2020-06-23
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2020-06-23