COFTON MOTORS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06464246 · ltd · incorporated 2008-01-04
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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year to Jan 2025
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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
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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
54 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£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31

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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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-08
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  3. 2023-10-10
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  4. 2022-10-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-10-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-01-24
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  8. 2019-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-06-13
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    move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
    address · AD04
  10. 2018-10-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-09-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2018-09-17
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    move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
    address · AD03
  13. 2018-09-17
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    change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
    address · AD02
  14. 2017-04-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-01-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2008-01-04
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    Company incorporated
    As COFTON MOTORS LIMITED
  17. 2008-01-04
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    EURIDGE, Valerie May appointed
    secretary
  18. 2008-01-04
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    EURIDGE, Robin James appointed
    director
  19. 2008-01-04
    ➕
    EURIDGE, Valerie May appointed
    director
  20. 2008-01-04
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    THEYDON SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2008-01-04
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    THEYDON SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2008-01-04
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    THEYDON NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  23. 2008-01-04
    ➖
    THEYDON NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Robin James Euridge
Individual · British · DOB 12/1954 · age 72
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Valerie May Euridge
Individual · British · DOB 07/1955 · age 71
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2008-01-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

Wessex House
Teign Road
Newton Abbot
Devon
TQ12 4AA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-18
Last: 2026-01-04

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

EURIDGE, Valerie May→
secretary · appointed 2008-01-04
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Active
EURIDGE, Robin James→
director · ~72y · appointed 2008-01-04
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Active
EURIDGE, Valerie May→
director · ~71y · appointed 2008-01-04
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Active
THEYDON SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-01-04 · resigned 2008-01-04
Resigned
THEYDON NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2008-01-04 · resigned 2008-01-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (54 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-10-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-10-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-10-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-10-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-01-26
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2020-01-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-08-29