CNP PROPERTIES LTD
🌳Matureactive
04398672 · ltd · incorporated 2002-03-19
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
—
not disclosed
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (62/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: low (36/100)Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.
Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
No charge records returned
50
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
No PSC data returned
40
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
No filing history
0
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.
Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand
- 2002-05-10➕PRATT, Nicholas Edgar Lewis appointedsecretary
- 2002-05-10➕PRATT, Christopher appointeddirector
- 2002-05-10➕PRATT, Nicholas Edgar Lewis appointeddirector
- 2002-03-22➖GCBIZ SECRETARIES LTD resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2002-03-22➖GCBIZ DIRECTORS LTD resignedcorporate-director
- 2002-03-19🏢Company incorporatedAs CNP PROPERTIES LTD
- 2002-03-19➕GCBIZ SECRETARIES LTD appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2002-03-19➕GCBIZ DIRECTORS LTD appointedcorporate-director
Owner dependency
84/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
86/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-03-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999
Registered office
Bell House Lower Road
Charlton All Saints
Salisbury
SP5 4HQ
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-16
Last: 2025-11-02
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
PRATT, Nicholas Edgar Lewis→
Activesecretary · appointed 2002-05-10
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PRATT, Christopher→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2002-05-10
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PRATT, Nicholas Edgar Lewis→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2002-05-10
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GCBIZ SECRETARIES LTD→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2002-03-19 · resigned 2002-03-22
GCBIZ DIRECTORS LTD→
Resignedcorporate-director · appointed 2002-03-19 · resigned 2002-03-22
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