2, COLLETON CRESCENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08848393 · ltd · incorporated 2014-01-16
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
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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 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 85). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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 (4 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
37 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Average employees500500

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2025-10-12
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    FROWD, Bernard resigned
    director
  3. 2025-10-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-01-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-10-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-02-03
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  9. 2021-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-09-06
    ➖
    HAWKINS, Colin Adrian resigned
    secretary
  11. 2021-01-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-08-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-09-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-10-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-02-12
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2015-10-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2015-01-29
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    CHAMBERS, Mark Richard appointed
    director
  19. 2015-01-29
    ➕
    HAWKINS, Henry Ronald appointed
    director
  20. 2015-01-29
    ➕
    HAWKINS, Colin Adrian appointed
    secretary
  21. 2015-01-29
    ➕
    FROWD, Bernard appointed
    director
  22. 2015-01-29
    ➖
    HAWKINS, Colin Adrian resigned
    director
  23. 2014-03-10
    ➕
    CORK, Philip Dennis appointed
    director
  24. 2014-01-16
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    Company incorporated
    As 2, COLLETON CRESCENT LIMITED
  25. 2014-01-16
    ➕
    HAWKINS, Borghild Nerdal appointed
    director
  26. 2014-01-16
    ➕
    HAWKINS, Colin Adrian 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 85 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 85 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-01-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

2 Colleton Crescent
Colleton Crescent
Exeter
EX2 4DG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-30
Last: 2026-01-16

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

CHAMBERS, Mark Richard→
director · ~54y · appointed 2015-01-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CORK, Philip Dennis→
director · ~55y · appointed 2014-03-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HAWKINS, Borghild Nerdal→
director · ~85y · appointed 2014-01-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HAWKINS, Henry Ronald→
director · ~55y · appointed 2015-01-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HAWKINS, Colin Adrian→
secretary · appointed 2015-01-29 · resigned 2021-09-06
Resigned
FROWD, Bernard→
director · ~93y · appointed 2015-01-29 · resigned 2025-10-12
Resigned
HAWKINS, Colin Adrian→
director · ~88y · appointed 2014-01-16 · resigned 2015-01-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (37 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-26
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-01
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-11