COLBROOK SUPPLIES DIRECT LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC251263 · ltd · incorporated 2003-06-17

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

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

£255.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 46750

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 9.9y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 9.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Lenders & charges

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

Directors & officers

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

65 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £254,969

Net assets shrinking

Down £10,149 YoY

Cash YoY

-19%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£100k

↓ 19% YoY

Net Worth

£255k

↓ 3.8% YoY

Current Assets

£404k

↓ 5.4% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£273.5k	£290.5k
Current assets	£403.8k	£426.8k
Cash	£100.0k	£123.9k
Debtors	£227.9k	£221.3k
Net assets	£255.0k	£265.1k

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

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1 signal 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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2026-03-02
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2025-02-18
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2024-03-28
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2023-03-23
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2022-03-24
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accounts · AA
2021-04-01
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accounts · AA
2019-12-20
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accounts · AA
2019-10-23
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officers · CH01
2019-10-23
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-03-27
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accounts · AA
2017-11-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-06-29
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-03-08
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accounts · AA
2016-06-23
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2016-06-16
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mortgage · MR01
2016-06-15
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2016-03-02
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accounts · AA
2003-07-01
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BROOKS, William Ephraim Thomson appointed
director
2003-06-17
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Company incorporated
As COLBROOK SUPPLIES DIRECT LTD.
2003-06-17
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BROOKS, William Ephraim Thomson appointed
secretary
2003-06-17
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BROOKS, Colin John Arthur appointed
director
2003-06-17
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PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-06-17
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PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
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2003-06-17
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PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
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2003-06-17
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PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
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2003-06-17
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PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD. appointed
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2003-06-17
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PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD. resigned
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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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — 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 81 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 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Colin Brooks Individual · British · DOB 04/1971 · age 55	50–75%	—	50-75% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2003-06-17

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC46750 — SIC 46750

Registered office

Comac House 2 Coddington Crescent

Eurocentral

Motherwell

Lanarkshire

ML1 4YF

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-27

Last: 2025-06-13

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

BROOKS, William Ephraim Thomson→

secretary · appointed 2003-06-17

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Active

BROOKS, Colin John Arthur→

director · ~55y · appointed 2003-06-17

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Active

BROOKS, William Ephraim Thomson→

director · ~81y · appointed 2003-07-01

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Active

PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-06-17 · resigned 2003-06-17

Resigned

PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-06-17 · resigned 2003-06-17

Resigned

PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-06-17 · resigned 2003-06-17

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	A registered charge	—	15/06/2016	—

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