COLLETT & SONS LIMITED
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).
Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 1.3y
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 1.3 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
- · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Profit before tax | £882.4k | £666.7k |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
2 signals 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
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-04📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-04-04📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-03-26📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-03-25➕COLLETT, Jack William appointeddirector
- 2025-03-25➕COLLETT, Samuel Nevada appointeddirector
- 2025-03-25🔒Charge registered #1Lender: David Collett (As Security Agent)
- 2024-12-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-24📄withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC09
- 2021-12-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-07📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-09-01➕HARLAND, Michael Sydney appointeddirector
- 2021-02-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2018-04-13📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2018-04-06➕THORNTON, Nigel Andrew appointeddirector
- 2017-12-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-10-31➕COLLETT, Michael appointedsecretary
- 2016-10-31➕COLLETT, Michael appointeddirector
- 2016-07-19🏢Company incorporatedAs COLLETT & SONS LIMITED
- 2016-07-19➕COLLETT, David appointeddirector
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- -6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "COLLETT" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Red flags
cleanGroup structure
Collett Holdings Ltd holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Collett Holdings Ltd Corporate entity | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 19/07/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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6 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.
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Filing status
Officers (7 active · 0 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | David Collett (As Security Agent) | A registered charge | — | 25/03/2025 | — |