COLLECTIONS (GB) LIMITED

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FC022557 · oversea-company · incorporated 2000-04-08

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 23.6y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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Net worth

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Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 96-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 96). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 23.6y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 23.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: low (46/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile

address, no SIC, incorporation date

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (7 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

9 filings

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand

2003-09-03
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miscellaneous
miscellaneous · MISC
2003-09-03
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miscellaneous
miscellaneous · MISC
2003-01-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2002-10-24
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legacy
mortgage · 395
2002-10-18
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Marine and General Mutual Life Assurance Society
2001-12-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2000-07-18
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legacy
accounts · 225
2000-07-06
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OZOUF, Justin Peter appointed
secretary
2000-07-06
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LA VILLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2000-07-06
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CLEWS, Richard John appointed
director
2000-07-06
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LAURENCE, Peter appointed
director
2000-07-06
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LEECH, Liam Kevin appointed
director
2000-07-06
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SMITH, Richard John appointed
director
2000-07-06
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TERRY, Peter appointed
director
2000-07-06
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legacy
incorporation · BR1-PAR
2000-07-06
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legacy
incorporation · BR1-BCH
2000-07-06
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legacy
incorporation · BR1
2000-04-08
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Company incorporated
As COLLECTIONS (GB) LIMITED

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 96 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 96 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
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

Typeoversea-company

Incorporated2000-04-08

Jurisdictionunited-kingdom

Primary SIC—

Registered office

24-26 Broad Street

St Helier

Jersey

JE2 4WE

Channel Islands

Filing status

Accounts

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Last made up to: 2002-01-31

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