COLOMBO EXCHANGE COMPANY LIMITED

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04345596 · ltd · incorporated 2001-12-27
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£1.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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 (1 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
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
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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,647
Net assets shrinking
Down £100 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£2k
↓ 5.7% YoY
Current Assets
£2k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£410£820£1k£2k£2kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£1.6k£1.7k
Current assets£2.0k£2.0k
Debtors£2.0k£2.0k
Net assets£1.6k£1.7k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-22
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  5. 2023-03-21
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  6. 2022-09-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-03-16
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  8. 2022-03-15
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  9. 2021-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-09-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-11-16
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  14. 2017-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2012-01-09
    ➖
    RAVEENDRAN, Kavitha resigned
    secretary
  17. 2012-01-09
    ➖
    GAJENDRAN, Perumal resigned
    director
  18. 2012-01-09
    ➖
    MAHENDRAN, Perumal resigned
    director
  19. 2012-01-09
    ➖
    RAVEENDRAN, Kavitha resigned
    director
  20. 2003-01-01
    ➕
    RAVEENDRAN, Kavitha appointed
    secretary
  21. 2002-12-31
    ➖
    RAVEENDRAN, Ramasamy Perumal resigned
    secretary
  22. 2002-05-08
    ➕
    GAJENDRAN, Perumal appointed
    director
  23. 2002-05-08
    ➕
    MAHENDRAN, Perumal appointed
    director
  24. 2002-01-02
    ➖
    APEX COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2002-01-02
    ➖
    APEX NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2001-12-27
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    Company incorporated
    As COLOMBO EXCHANGE COMPANY LIMITED
  27. 2001-12-27
    ➕
    RAVEENDRAN, Ramasamy Perumal appointed
    director
  28. 2001-12-27
    ➕
    RAVEENDRAN, Ramasamy Perumal appointed
    secretary
  29. 2001-12-27
    ➕
    APEX COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 2001-12-27
    ➕
    RAVEENDRAN, Kavitha appointed
    director
  31. 2001-12-27
    ➕
    APEX NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
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 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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 Ramasamy Perumal Raveendran
Individual · British · DOB 06/1962 · age 64
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2001-12-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64999 — Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Registered office

52a Spring Grove Road
Hounslow
TW3 4BN
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-10
Last: 2025-12-27

Officers (1 active · 7 resigned)

RAVEENDRAN, Ramasamy Perumal→
director · ~64y · appointed 2001-12-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RAVEENDRAN, Kavitha→
secretary · appointed 2003-01-01 · resigned 2012-01-09
Resigned
RAVEENDRAN, Ramasamy Perumal→
secretary · appointed 2001-12-27 · resigned 2002-12-31
Resigned
APEX COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-12-27 · resigned 2002-01-02
Resigned
GAJENDRAN, Perumal→
director · ~58y · appointed 2002-05-08 · resigned 2012-01-09
Resigned
MAHENDRAN, Perumal→
director · ~62y · appointed 2002-05-08 · resigned 2012-01-09
Resigned
RAVEENDRAN, Kavitha→
director · ~54y · appointed 2001-12-27 · resigned 2012-01-09
Resigned
APEX NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-12-27 · resigned 2002-01-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (81 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-26
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-03-22
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-12
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-03-16
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-03-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-01