COLLARD TRADING LTD
🌳Matureactive
09328997 · ltd · incorporated 2014-11-26
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Hotels and similar accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 56302Public houses and bars
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 2 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
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
29 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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-11-30 | 2023-11-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | -1100 | -700 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →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 (21 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-24📄miscellaneousmiscellaneous · MISC
- 2024-08-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-18✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2022-07-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-01-10📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-01-08➕COLLARD, Alice Jane appointeddirector
- 2020-07-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-06📍move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-addressaddress · AD03
- 2019-12-06📍change-sail-address-company-with-new-addressaddress · AD02
- 2019-08-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-17📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2018-05-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2014-11-26🏢Company incorporatedAs COLLARD TRADING LTD
- 2014-11-26➕COLLARD, Penelope Jane appointeddirector
- 2014-11-26➕COLLARD, Thomas James appointeddirector
- 2014-11-26➕COLLARD, William James Nimrod appointeddirector
Owner dependency
78/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "COLLARD" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
55/100
Strong succession signalMultiple 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.
- 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
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mrs Penelope Jane Collard Individual · British · DOB 03/1959 · age 67 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-11-26
Jurisdictionwales
Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation
Registered office
21 C/O Steyer Accountancy
21 Tai Ar Y Bryn
Builth Wells
LD2 3US
Wales
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-10
Last: 2025-11-26
Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)
COLLARD, Alice Jane→
Activedirector · ~28y · appointed 2021-01-08
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COLLARD, Penelope Jane→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2014-11-26
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COLLARD, Thomas James→
Activedirector · ~32y · appointed 2014-11-26
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COLLARD, William James Nimrod→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2014-11-26
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Recent filings (29 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-29
miscellaneous
miscellaneous · MISC
2025-01-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-02
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2022-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-01-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-05