COLPROP LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC151689 · ltd · incorporated 1994-06-29
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 31.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£531.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 31.9y

70/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 31.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
100 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £531,503
Cash YoY
+22%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£37k
↑ 22% YoY
Net Worth
£532k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£37k
↑ 11% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£106k£213k£319k£425k£532kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£531.5k£528.7k
Current assets£37.2k£33.4k
Cash£37.2k£30.6k
Debtors—£2.8k
Net assets£531.5k£528.7k

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-17
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  7. 2023-11-27
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  8. 2022-12-20
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  11. 2021-12-03
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  12. 2020-12-08
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  13. 2019-10-04
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  14. 2019-05-01
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  15. 2019-05-01
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    Charge satisfied #2
  16. 2018-10-04
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  17. 2017-10-20
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  18. 2016-05-31
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    BUNIS, Paul Aaron appointed
    director
  19. 2007-08-14
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    BUNIS, Paul Aaron resigned
    director
  20. 1996-04-12
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    Charge satisfied #1
  21. 1996-03-28
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Northern Rock Building Society
  22. 1994-07-29
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  23. 1994-06-29
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    Company incorporated
    As COLPROP LIMITED
  24. 1994-06-29
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    BUNIS, Colin appointed
    secretary
  25. 1994-06-29
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    BUNIS, Colin appointed
    director
  26. 1994-06-29
    ➕
    REID, Brian appointed
    nominee-secretary
  27. 1994-06-29
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    REID, Brian resigned
    nominee-secretary
  28. 1994-06-29
    ➕
    BUNIS, Paul Aaron appointed
    director
  29. 1994-06-29
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
    nominee-director
  30. 1994-06-29
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 32 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Colin Bunis
Individual · British · DOB 08/1942 · age 84
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1994-06-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

Titanium 1 King's Inch Place
Renfrew
PA4 8WF
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-13
Last: 2025-06-29

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

BUNIS, Colin→
secretary · appointed 1994-06-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUNIS, Colin→
director · ~84y · appointed 1994-06-29
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Active
BUNIS, Paul Aaron→
director · ~59y · appointed 2016-05-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
REID, Brian→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1994-06-29 · resigned 1994-06-29
Resigned
BUNIS, Paul Aaron→
director · ~59y · appointed 1994-06-29 · resigned 2007-08-14
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen→
nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1994-06-29 · resigned 1994-06-29
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Northern Rock Building Society
Bond & floating charge1 property28/03/199601/05/2019
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property29/07/199412/04/1996

Recent filings (100 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-02
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-07-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-02
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2025-06-30
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accounts · AA
2024-12-01
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2023-11-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-13
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accounts · AA
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2022-06-30
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2022-03-09
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officers · CH03
2022-03-09
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accounts · AA
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