2-8 COPSE ROAD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07092987 · ltd · incorporated 2009-12-02
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
£2.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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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 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 8 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
54 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 £2,397

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£2k
~ YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£479£959£1k£2k£2kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£2.4k£2.4k
Net assets£2.4k£2.4k

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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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-10-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-02-02
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2023-02-01
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    JACK, Patrick Joseph appointed
    director
  6. 2022-09-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2022-08-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-06-01
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2022-06-01
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2022-06-01
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2022-04-12
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    REED, Frankie resigned
    director
  12. 2022-04-12
    ➖
    REED, Richard Andrew resigned
    director
  13. 2022-03-12
    ➕
    DIERS, Kai Artur, Dr appointed
    director
  14. 2022-03-12
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2022-03-12
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2021-09-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2021-04-26
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  18. 2021-04-26
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    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  19. 2020-11-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  20. 2019-09-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  21. 2018-09-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  22. 2018-06-21
    ➕
    QURESHI, Arif appointed
    director
  23. 2018-06-21
    ➕
    QURESHI, Pamela Rose appointed
    director
  24. 2018-06-21
    ➖
    TREWBY, Brian Patrick resigned
    director
  25. 2011-09-30
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    COPELAND, Peter John resigned
    director
  26. 2011-09-30
    ➕
    REED, Frankie appointed
    director
  27. 2011-09-30
    ➕
    REED, Richard Andrew appointed
    director
  28. 2009-12-02
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    Company incorporated
    As 2-8 COPSE ROAD LIMITED
  29. 2009-12-02
    ➕
    COPELAND, Peter John appointed
    director
  30. 2009-12-02
    ➕
    TREWBY, Brian Patrick appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Dr Kai Artur Diers
Individual · German · DOB 12/1967 · age 59
——sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest · firm interest12/03/2022
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Richard Andrew Reedceased 12/04/2022· significant influence

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
Incorporated2009-12-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

4 Copse Road
4 Copse Road
Cobham
KT11 2TN
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-01
Last: 2025-08-18

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

DIERS, Kai Artur, Dr→
director · ~59y · appointed 2022-03-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JACK, Patrick Joseph→
director · ~61y · appointed 2023-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
QURESHI, Arif→
director · ~81y · appointed 2018-06-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
QURESHI, Pamela Rose→
director · ~79y · appointed 2018-06-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COPELAND, Peter John→
director · ~45y · appointed 2009-12-02 · resigned 2011-09-30
Resigned
REED, Frankie→
director · ~64y · appointed 2011-09-30 · resigned 2022-04-12
Resigned
REED, Richard Andrew→
director · ~64y · appointed 2011-09-30 · resigned 2022-04-12
Resigned
TREWBY, Brian Patrick→
director · ~76y · appointed 2009-12-02 · resigned 2018-06-21
Resigned

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Recent filings (54 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-02-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-28
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-06-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-06-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-06-01
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-03-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-03-12