A&S COLE INVESTMENTS LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
10422720 · ltd · incorporated 2016-10-12
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
28 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
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 Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2023-05-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-07-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-08-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-10-09
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  9. 2019-10-09
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  10. 2019-10-09
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    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  11. 2019-10-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2019-10-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2019-10-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2019-10-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2019-02-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-07-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-05-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2016-10-12
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    Company incorporated
    As A&S COLE INVESTMENTS LIMITED
  19. 2016-10-12
    ➕
    COLE, Arthur William George, Dr appointed
    director
  20. 2016-10-12
    ➕
    COLE, Sally Anne appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "COLE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Sally Anne Cole
Individual · British · DOB 03/1957 · age 69
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting12/10/2016
Dr Arthur William George Cole
Individual · British · DOB 01/1951 · age 75
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting12/10/2016

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
Incorporated2016-10-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

C/O Prydis Accounts Limited Clyst House
Manor Drive
Exeter
EX5 1GB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-25
Last: 2025-10-11

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

COLE, Arthur William George, Dr→
director · ~75y · appointed 2016-10-12
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Active
COLE, Sally Anne→
director · ~69y · appointed 2016-10-12
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Active

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Recent filings (28 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-07-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-07-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-15
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2019-10-09