12 COLLINGWOOD VILLAS MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04914681 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2003-09-29
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 Sept 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
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 91-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 91). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (68/100)

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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
53 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-302023-09-23

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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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-10-12
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  5. 2022-03-30
    ➖
    DEVON BLOCK MANAGEMENT LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  6. 2022-02-22
    ➕
    RAMBELLAS, Rita appointed
    director
  7. 2022-02-22
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2021-11-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-09-30
    ➖
    SPARKES, Heather Alexander resigned
    director
  10. 2021-09-30
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2021-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-08-05
    ➕
    DEVON BLOCK MANAGEMENT LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  14. 2019-08-05
    📄
    appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP04
  15. 2019-08-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2019-08-04
    ➖
    THORNHILL, Sarah Louise resigned
    director
  17. 2019-05-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  19. 2017-05-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  20. 2016-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  21. 2003-09-29
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    Company incorporated
    As 12 COLLINGWOOD VILLAS MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
  22. 2003-09-29
    ➕
    DINGLEY, Ivor Kenneth Arthur appointed
    secretary
  23. 2003-09-29
    ➕
    DINGLEY, Ivor Kenneth Arthur appointed
    director
  24. 2003-09-29
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2003-09-29
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2003-09-29
    ➕
    SPARKES, Heather Alexander appointed
    director
  27. 2003-09-29
    ➕
    THORNHILL, Sarah Louise appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 91 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 91 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2003-09-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

12 Collingwood Villas
Stoke
Plymouth
PL1 5NZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-13
Last: 2025-09-29

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

DINGLEY, Ivor Kenneth Arthur→
secretary · appointed 2003-09-29
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Active
DINGLEY, Ivor Kenneth Arthur→
director · ~91y · appointed 2003-09-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RAMBELLAS, Rita→
director · ~61y · appointed 2022-02-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DEVON BLOCK MANAGEMENT LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2019-08-05 · resigned 2022-03-30
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-09-29 · resigned 2003-09-29
Resigned
SPARKES, Heather Alexander→
director · ~93y · appointed 2003-09-29 · resigned 2021-09-30
Resigned
THORNHILL, Sarah Louise→
director · ~53y · appointed 2003-09-29 · resigned 2019-08-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (53 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-06-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-08
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-10-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-11-08
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-05-29