COGLAN AIRCONDITIONING SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04624778 · ltd · incorporated 2002-12-24
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£140.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35300
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
65 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £140,937

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£17k
Net Worth
£141k
↑ 654% YoY
Current Assets
£345k
Current Liabilities
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£0£69k£138k£207k£276k£345kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£123.7k£129.8k
Current assets£344.8k—
Cash£17.4k—
Debtors£327.5k£283.7k
Net assets£140.9k£18.7k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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 (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-12-29
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    accounts · AA01
  9. 2019-09-30
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-12-05
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    address · AD01
  11. 2018-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-08-03
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-09-29
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-01-20
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-09-28
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2002-12-24
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    Company incorporated
    As COGLAN AIRCONDITIONING SERVICES LIMITED
  17. 2002-12-24
    ➕
    COUGHLAN, Clive William appointed
    secretary
  18. 2002-12-24
    ➕
    COUGHLAN, Allison Anita appointed
    director
  19. 2002-12-24
    ➕
    COUGHLAN, Clive William appointed
    director
  20. 2002-12-24
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    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2002-12-24
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    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2002-12-24
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    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2002-12-24
    ➖
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 65. 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Clive William Coughlan
Individual · British · DOB 05/1961 · age 65
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Allison Anita Coughlan
Individual · British · DOB 01/1967 · age 59
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
Incorporated2002-12-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC35300 — SIC 35300

Registered office

South Building Upper Farm
Wootton St Lawrence
Basingstoke
Hampshire
RG23 8PE
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-28
Last: 2025-12-14

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

COUGHLAN, Clive William→
secretary · appointed 2002-12-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COUGHLAN, Allison Anita→
director · ~59y · appointed 2002-12-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COUGHLAN, Clive William→
director · ~65y · appointed 2002-12-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-12-24 · resigned 2002-12-24
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-12-24 · resigned 2002-12-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (65 total)

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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-29
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2020-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-23