COLBAN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

06124508 · ltd · incorporated 2007-02-22

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

—

year to Jun 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01410

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

55 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-06-30	2023-06-30
Average employees	300	400

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-06-30
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2024-06-19
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2023-06-27
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2022-06-25
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2021-06-03
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2020-03-31
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accounts · AA
2019-09-24
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capital · SH02
2019-09-12
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LANE, Samuel Edward Colban appointed
director
2019-09-12
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officers · AP01
2019-03-31
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accounts · AA
2018-03-29
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accounts · AA
2017-04-05
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accounts · AA
2016-04-26
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officers · CH01
2016-04-26
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officers · CH01
2016-04-26
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officers · CH03
2016-04-07
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2007-02-22
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Company incorporated
As COLBAN LIMITED
2007-02-22
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LANE, Susan appointed
secretary
2007-02-22
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LANE, Chris appointed
director
2007-02-22
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LANE, Susan appointed
director
2007-02-22
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CF CLIENT SECRETARY LTD appointed
corporate-secretary
2007-02-22
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CF CLIENT SECRETARY LTD resigned
corporate-secretary
2007-02-22
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CF CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD appointed
corporate-director
2007-02-22
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CF CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD resigned
corporate-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

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Chris Lane Individual · British · DOB 08/1950 · age 76	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	23/02/2017

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

Incorporated2007-02-22

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC01410 — SIC 01410

Registered office

Village Farmhouse Weston Road

Bletchingdon

Kidlington

Oxfordshire

OX5 3DH

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-09

Last: 2026-02-23

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

LANE, Susan→

secretary · appointed 2007-02-22

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Active

LANE, Chris→

director · ~76y · appointed 2007-02-22

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Active

LANE, Samuel Edward Colban→

director · ~50y · appointed 2019-09-12

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Active

LANE, Susan→

director · ~75y · appointed 2007-02-22

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Active

CF CLIENT SECRETARY LTD→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-02-22 · resigned 2007-02-22

Resigned

CF CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD→

corporate-director · appointed 2007-02-22 · resigned 2007-02-22

Resigned

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