10 COTHAM GARDENS MANAGEMENT (1998) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03623870 · ltd · incorporated 1998-08-28
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 Aug 2024
Net worth
£41
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 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
15 officers (5 active, 15 linked, 12 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
81 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
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £41

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£41
~ YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£26£52£79£105£131Aug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Total assets£41£41
Current assets—£131
Net assets£41£41

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (42 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-05-30
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  3. 2023-05-30
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  4. 2022-05-20
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  5. 2021-09-30
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  6. 2021-05-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-01-22
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    GALE, Claudia Mary Elizabeth resigned
    director
  8. 2019-11-06
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  9. 2019-09-04
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  10. 2019-09-04
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  11. 2019-09-04
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  12. 2019-04-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-10-16
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    DECKER, Philip Thomas appointed
    director
  14. 2018-10-16
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    GALE, Claudia Mary Elizabeth appointed
    director
  15. 2018-10-16
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    NICHOLSON, Graham David resigned
    director
  16. 2018-09-24
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
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  17. 2018-09-24
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  19. 2018-09-24
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  20. 2018-09-17
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    BLAKE, Jean Marilyn Shearsby resigned
    secretary
  21. 2018-09-17
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    BLAKE, Jean Marilyn Shearsby resigned
    director
  22. 2018-09-17
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    NICHOLSON, Graham David appointed
    director
  23. 2018-09-17
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    WALTERS, Nicholas John resigned
    director
  24. 2017-12-08
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  25. 2016-06-29
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    PAYNE, Nicola Louise resigned
    director
  26. 2016-04-06
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    WAKE, Karen Mary appointed
    director
  27. 2016-04-06
    ➕
    WAKE, Michael William appointed
    director
  28. 2016-04-06
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    WALTERS, Nicholas John appointed
    director
  29. 2005-08-25
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    PAYNE, Nicola Louise appointed
    director
  30. 2005-08-24
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    KIDWELL, Penelope Jane resigned
    director
  31. 1999-05-17
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    DALY, Richard Simon appointed
    director
  32. 1999-05-17
    ➕
    MOSS, Colin Victor appointed
    director
  33. 1999-05-17
    ➕
    BLAKE, Jean Marilyn Shearsby appointed
    secretary
  34. 1999-05-17
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    LISTER, John Leonard resigned
    secretary
  35. 1999-05-17
    ➕
    BLAKE, Jean Marilyn Shearsby appointed
    director
  36. 1999-05-17
    ➕
    KIDWELL, Penelope Jane appointed
    director
  37. 1999-05-17
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    STEELE, Michael Alan resigned
    director
  38. 1998-08-28
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    Company incorporated
    As 10 COTHAM GARDENS MANAGEMENT (1998) LIMITED
  39. 1998-08-28
    ➕
    LISTER, John Leonard appointed
    secretary
  40. 1998-08-28
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    RM REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  41. 1998-08-28
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    RM REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  42. 1998-08-28
    ➕
    STEELE, Michael Alan appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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
Incorporated1998-08-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Flat 1 10 Cotham Gardens
Bristol
BS6 6HD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-09
Last: 2025-08-26

Officers (5 active · 10 resigned)

DALY, Richard Simon→
director · ~55y · appointed 1999-05-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DECKER, Philip Thomas→
director · ~35y · appointed 2018-10-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MOSS, Colin Victor→
director · ~62y · appointed 1999-05-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WAKE, Karen Mary→
director · ~59y · appointed 2016-04-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WAKE, Michael William→
director · ~67y · appointed 2016-04-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BLAKE, Jean Marilyn Shearsby→
secretary · appointed 1999-05-17 · resigned 2018-09-17
Resigned
LISTER, John Leonard→
secretary · appointed 1998-08-28 · resigned 1999-05-17
Resigned
RM REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-08-28 · resigned 1998-08-28
Resigned
BLAKE, Jean Marilyn Shearsby→
director · ~89y · appointed 1999-05-17 · resigned 2018-09-17
Resigned
GALE, Claudia Mary Elizabeth→
director · ~34y · appointed 2018-10-16 · resigned 2021-01-22
Resigned
KIDWELL, Penelope Jane→
director · ~62y · appointed 1999-05-17 · resigned 2005-08-24
Resigned
NICHOLSON, Graham David→
director · ~78y · appointed 2018-09-17 · resigned 2018-10-16
Resigned
PAYNE, Nicola Louise→
director · ~45y · appointed 2005-08-25 · resigned 2016-06-29
Resigned
STEELE, Michael Alan→
director · ~79y · appointed 1998-08-28 · resigned 1999-05-17
Resigned
WALTERS, Nicholas John→
director · ~45y · appointed 2016-04-06 · resigned 2018-09-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (81 total)

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2021-09-30
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2021-09-30
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2021-05-19
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2019-11-06
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