27 COLFE ROAD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

08016694 · ltd · incorporated 2012-04-02

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

—

Upgrade to see

Turnover

—

year to Apr 2026

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch

What this business does

Primary activity: Residents property management

Sector: Activities of households

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

30 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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

—

Current Liabilities

—

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2026-04-30	2025-04-30

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand

2026-05-09
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-06-08
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-05-26
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-06-11
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-07-14
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-05-30
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-05-02
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-05-23
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2018-06-06
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2017-06-21
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2016-07-06
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2016-04-27
📄
annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-05-09
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2015-04-12
📄
annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2014-06-08
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2012-04-02
🏢
Company incorporated
As 27 COLFE ROAD LIMITED
2012-04-02
➕
CULLEN, David Brent appointed
director
2012-04-02
➕
DUNSTAN, Simon Ralph appointed
director

Owner dependency

78/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
+No director turnover: Company is 14 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr David Brent Cullen Individual · British · DOB 09/1977 · age 49	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mr Simon Ralph Dunstan Individual · British · DOB 10/1959 · age 67	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

Similar companies

Active · Holding company · SE postcode area

Company	Est. value	Turnover	Net worth	Staff	Age	Opp	Director
28 LINDEN GROVE MANAGEMENT LIMITED→ 13412183 · est 2021	£2.9k £2.5k–£3.4k	—	£2.9k	—	5y	—	—
27 SELSDON ROAD LIMITED→ 15502108 · est 2024 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	2y	—	—
278 BROCKLEY RD RTM COMPANY LTD→ 13232834 · est 2021 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	5y	—	—
28 HAMLET ROAD FREEHOLD LIMITED→ 05355945 · est 2005 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	21y	—	—
28 PARK STREET MANAGEMENT LIMITED→ 08048576 · est 2012 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	13y	—	—
28 ROSENDALE ROAD MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED→ 03850747 · est 1999 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	26y	—	—
280 HITHER GREEN LANE LIMITED→ 06634021 · est 2008 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	17y	—	—
281 CHURCH ROAD RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION LIMITED→ 01392008 · est 1978 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	47y	—	—
282 CROXTED ROAD FREEHOLD COMPANY LIMITED→ 10631463 · est 2017 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	9y	—	—
282 HITHER GREEN LANE LIMITED→ 06401755 · est 2007 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	18y	—	—
284 LEAHURST ROAD LIMITED→ 04291543 · est 2001 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	24y	—	—
287 HGL LTD→ 09050968 · est 2014 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	11y	—	—

Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2012-04-02

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

27 Colfe Road

Forest Hill

London

SE23 2ES

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2028-01-31

Last made up to: 2026-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-16

Last: 2026-04-02

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

CULLEN, David Brent→

director · ~49y · appointed 2012-04-02

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

DUNSTAN, Simon Ralph→

director · ~67y · appointed 2012-04-02

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.