COOL GELL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03762460 · ltd · incorporated 1999-04-29

Investment thesis

Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.

Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.

Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 25.4y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£105.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 20420

Sector: Manufacturing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

21100SIC 21100
41100Development of building projects

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 25.4y

70/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 25.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

12 officers (7 active, 12 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

84 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £105,911

Net assets shrinking

Down £13,067 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£106k

↓ 11% YoY

Current Assets

£23k

↓ 32% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£105.9k	£124.0k
Current assets	£23.4k	£34.2k
Net assets	£105.9k	£119.0k

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

• 2 gazette
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (39 events)Click to expand

2026-04-01
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-03-31
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-03-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-13
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-19
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-04-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-01
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-04-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-17
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-10-12
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STEAD, Beverley appointed
director
2023-04-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-01-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-01-10
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ORBELL, Joseph resigned
director
2020-01-10
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-01-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-11-13
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2018-10-31
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DEEGAN, Gary Paul resigned
director
2018-10-02
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2018-10-01
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ORBELL, Joseph appointed
director
2018-06-27
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DEEGAN, Gary Paul appointed
director
2016-05-05
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STEAD DEEGAN, Chloe appointed
director
2016-05-05
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STEAD DEEGAN, Hannah appointed
director
2015-04-07
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STEAD, Martin appointed
director
2015-04-07
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TELFORD, Nathan Lee appointed
director
2013-12-10
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Charge satisfied #2
2013-12-10
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Charge satisfied #1
2001-03-02
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Briter Beef Products Limited
2001-02-21
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Dominic Marrocco
2000-06-12
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STEAD, Martin appointed
secretary
2000-06-12
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SHAW, Mark resigned
secretary
1999-04-29
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Company incorporated
As COOL GELL LIMITED
1999-04-29
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DEEGAN, Robert Anthony appointed
director
1999-04-29
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SHAW, Mark appointed
secretary
1999-04-29
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1999-04-29
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1999-04-29
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1999-04-29
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-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

-6 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 80 — 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 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Martin Stead Individual · British · DOB 06/1980 · age 46	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	19/04/2017

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

Incorporated1999-04-29

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC20420 — SIC 20420

Registered office

3 Briggate

Leeds

LS1 4AF

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-13

Last: 2026-04-29