J & R COLLINGBORN LTD
🌳Matureactive
06240814 · ltd · incorporated 2007-05-09
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£-3.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01410
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -57% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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 (5 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
51 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 declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £3,634
Cash draining
Cash down 57% YoY
Cash YoY
-57%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£236
↓ 57% YoY
Net Worth
-£4k
↓ 7.0% YoY
Current Assets
£838
↓ 1.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-04-05 | 2024-04-05 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-3.6k | £-3.4k |
| Current assets | £838 | £847 |
| Cash | £236 | £545 |
| Debtors | £602 | £302 |
| Net assets | £-3.6k | £-3.4k |
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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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
4
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
4
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2026-07-08📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2026-07-08📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-07-07📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2026-06-01➕CRYER, Chad appointeddirector
- 2025-09-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-02-19➕CRYER, Ceri Helen appointeddirector
- 2018-02-19📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2018-01-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-05-19📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2007-05-09🏢Company incorporatedAs J & R COLLINGBORN LTD
- 2007-05-09➕COLLINGBORN, Rosemary Vivien appointedsecretary
- 2007-05-09➕COLLINGBORN, Joseph William Francis appointeddirector
- 2007-05-09➕COLLINGBORN, Rosemary Vivien appointeddirector
- 2007-05-09➕DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2007-05-09➖DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2007-05-09➕DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2007-05-09➖DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
88/100
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
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "COLLINGBORN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
73/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
- 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.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Rosemary Vivien Collingborn Individual · British · DOB 05/1950 · age 76 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 01/06/2026 |
Mr Joseph William Francis Collingborn Individual · British · DOB 02/1949 · age 77 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 08/05/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GH, VM & RA PEARCE LTD→ 12489981 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-05-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01410 — SIC 01410
Registered office
Hill End Farm
Brinkworth
Chippenham
SN15 5AZ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-05
Last made up to: 2025-04-05
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-23
Last: 2026-05-09
Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)
COLLINGBORN, Rosemary Vivien→
Activesecretary · appointed 2007-05-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
COLLINGBORN, Joseph William Francis→
Activedirector · ~77y · appointed 2007-05-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
COLLINGBORN, Rosemary Vivien→
Activedirector · ~76y · appointed 2007-05-09
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CRYER, Ceri Helen→
Activedirector · ~47y · appointed 2018-02-19
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Active
DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-05-09 · resigned 2007-05-09
DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-05-09 · resigned 2007-05-09
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Recent filings (51 total)
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-07-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-07-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-07-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-05