56 COLVESTONE CRESCENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03554606 · ltd · incorporated 1998-04-28

Investment thesis

Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.

Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.

Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Apr 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 letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Sector: Real estate

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 68). 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

12 officers (5 active, 12 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

9 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

78 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	2025-04-30	2024-04-30

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

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand

2025-12-27
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2024-12-21
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2023-12-21
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2023-01-02
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2022-01-03
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accounts · AA
2021-05-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-04-30
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TRAMPLEASURE, Oliver appointed
director
2020-04-30
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BULEY, Benjamin Louis resigned
director
2020-04-30
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officers · AP01
2020-04-30
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officers · TM01
2020-01-28
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accounts · AA
2019-01-10
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accounts · AA
2018-10-22
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DOUGE, Robert Andrew appointed
director
2018-10-22
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officers · AP01
2018-01-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2017-01-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2016-05-04
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2016-05-04
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officers · TM01
2016-02-01
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MEAKIN, Claire resigned
director
2014-05-22
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BULEY, Benjamin Louis appointed
director
2014-05-22
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MEAKIN, Claire appointed
director
2014-01-16
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SMITH, Jane Elin appointed
director
2013-10-01
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GILGALLON, Mark Anthony resigned
director
2007-05-06
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BURROWS, Sarah Jane appointed
director
2005-08-12
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DALY, Julian Francis resigned
director
2005-08-12
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GILGALLON, Mark Anthony appointed
director
2001-06-15
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DALY, Julian Francis appointed
director
2001-06-15
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PATERSON, Majella resigned
director
1998-04-30
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SMITH, Jane Elin appointed
secretary
1998-04-30
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BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1998-04-30
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PATERSON, Majella appointed
director
1998-04-30
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BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
1998-04-28
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Company incorporated
As 56 COLVESTONE CRESCENT LIMITED
1998-04-28
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BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1998-04-28
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BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
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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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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

Typeltd

Incorporated1998-04-28

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

56 Colvestone Crescent

London

E8 2LH

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-09

Last: 2026-04-25

Officers (5 active · 7 resigned)

SMITH, Jane Elin→

secretary · appointed 1998-04-30

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Active

BURROWS, Sarah Jane→

director · ~68y · appointed 2007-05-06

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Active

DOUGE, Robert Andrew→

director · ~43y · appointed 2018-10-22

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Active

SMITH, Jane Elin→

director · ~64y · appointed 2014-01-16

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Active

TRAMPLEASURE, Oliver→

director · ~38y · appointed 2020-04-30

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Active

BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-04-28 · resigned 1998-04-30

Resigned

BULEY, Benjamin Louis→

director · ~48y · appointed 2014-05-22 · resigned 2020-04-30

Resigned

DALY, Julian Francis→

director · ~60y · appointed 2001-06-15 · resigned 2005-08-12

Resigned

GILGALLON, Mark Anthony→

director · ~56y · appointed 2005-08-12 · resigned 2013-10-01

Resigned

MEAKIN, Claire→

director · ~39y · appointed 2014-05-22 · resigned 2016-02-01

Resigned

PATERSON, Majella→

director · ~57y · appointed 1998-04-30 · resigned 2001-06-15

Resigned

BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-04-28 · resigned 1998-04-30

Resigned

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