CONFEDERATION OF ROOFING CONTRACTORS 2000 LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03346478 · ltd · incorporated 1997-04-07
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of business and employers membership organisations
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
88 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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.

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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£0£118k£235k£353k£471k£588kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets—£588.4k
Current assets—£436.1k
Cash—£435.7k
Debtors—£391
Net assets—£588.4k
Average employees6—

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-10-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-10-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-02-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-07-06
    ➖
    BUCHAN, Lee Anthony resigned
    director
  7. 2021-07-06
    ➖
    BUCHAN, Paul Frederick resigned
    director
  8. 2021-07-06
    ➖
    WILLIAMS, Mark resigned
    director
  9. 2021-07-06
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2021-07-06
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2021-07-06
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2021-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-05-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2019-12-27
    ➖
    BUCHAN, Vicki Avril resigned
    secretary
  15. 2019-12-27
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  16. 2019-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-12-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2018-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2018-06-28
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  20. 2018-03-09
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    BUCHAN, Vicki Avril appointed
    director
  21. 2017-09-14
    ➕
    BUCHAN, Lee Anthony appointed
    director
  22. 2017-09-14
    ➕
    BUCHAN, Paul Frederick appointed
    director
  23. 2017-09-14
    ➕
    WILLIAMS, Mark appointed
    director
  24. 1997-04-08
    ➕
    BUCHAN, Phillip Allan appointed
    director
  25. 1997-04-08
    ➕
    BUCHAN, Vicki Avril appointed
    secretary
  26. 1997-04-08
    ➖
    SEMKEN LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 1997-04-08
    ➖
    LUFMER LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 1997-04-07
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    Company incorporated
    As CONFEDERATION OF ROOFING CONTRACTORS 2000 LIMITED
  29. 1997-04-07
    ➕
    SEMKEN LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 1997-04-07
    ➕
    LUFMER LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Phillip Allan Buchan
Individual · British · DOB 10/1947 · age 79
25–50%
—25-50% shares21/06/2018

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
Incorporated1997-04-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC94110 — Activities of business and employers membership organisations

Registered office

Association House 22 E-G Victoria Place
Marshes Yard
Brightlingsea
Essex
CO7 0BX
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-13
Last: 2026-04-29

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

BUCHAN, Phillip Allan→
director · ~79y · appointed 1997-04-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUCHAN, Vicki Avril→
director · ~78y · appointed 2018-03-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUCHAN, Vicki Avril→
secretary · appointed 1997-04-08 · resigned 2019-12-27
Resigned
SEMKEN LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-04-07 · resigned 1997-04-08
Resigned
BUCHAN, Lee Anthony→
director · ~56y · appointed 2017-09-14 · resigned 2021-07-06
Resigned
BUCHAN, Paul Frederick→
director · ~59y · appointed 2017-09-14 · resigned 2021-07-06
Resigned
WILLIAMS, Mark→
director · ~60y · appointed 2017-09-14 · resigned 2021-07-06
Resigned
LUFMER LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-04-07 · resigned 1997-04-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (88 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-07-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-07-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-07-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-20