COLORADO LETTING AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC311169 · ltd · incorporated 2006-10-30
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Development of building projects
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. 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
11 officers (2 active, 11 linked, 6 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
72 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
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 Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Average employees00

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  2. 2024-11-11
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  3. 2024-11-11
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  4. 2024-09-20
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2024-09-20
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    officers · TM01
  6. 2024-09-13
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    JORDAN, Russell Rodger resigned
    director
  7. 2024-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  9. 2022-07-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  10. 2021-07-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  11. 2020-10-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2020-10-14
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  13. 2020-09-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  14. 2019-09-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-07-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-11-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2017-07-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2015-01-23
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    DRAIN, Alison appointed
    secretary
  19. 2014-08-04
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    JORDAN, Russell Rodger appointed
    director
  20. 2014-07-30
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    HENDREN, David John resigned
    secretary
  21. 2014-07-30
    ➖
    HENDREN, David John resigned
    director
  22. 2011-06-01
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    HENDREN, David John appointed
    secretary
  23. 2011-04-12
    ➖
    MARSHALL, Alexander resigned
    secretary
  24. 2011-04-01
    ➖
    MARSHALL, Alexander resigned
    director
  25. 2010-01-14
    ➖
    HENDREN, David John resigned
    secretary
  26. 2010-01-14
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    MARSHALL, Alexander appointed
    secretary
  27. 2010-01-14
    ➖
    GIBSON, Gary William resigned
    director
  28. 2010-01-14
    ➕
    MARSHALL, Alexander appointed
    director
  29. 2007-10-04
    ➖
    BOWNES, Ian John Patrick resigned
    secretary
  30. 2007-10-04
    ➕
    HENDREN, David John appointed
    secretary
  31. 2007-06-20
    ➖
    BOOTH, Donald Ireson resigned
    director
  32. 2007-06-20
    ➕
    GIBSON, Gary William appointed
    director
  33. 2007-06-20
    ➕
    HENDREN, David John appointed
    director
  34. 2006-10-30
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    Company incorporated
    As COLORADO LETTING AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LIMITED
  35. 2006-10-30
    ➕
    BOWNES, John Patrick appointed
    director
  36. 2006-10-30
    ➕
    BOWNES, Ian John Patrick appointed
    secretary
  37. 2006-10-30
    ➕
    BOOTH, Donald Ireson appointed
    director

Owner dependency

93/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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.)

Group structure

Colorado Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Colorado Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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COLORADO LETTING AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LIMITED
This company · SC311169

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Colorado Group Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control29/10/2024
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr John Patrick Bownesceased 29/10/2024· significant influence
  • Mr Russell Rodger Jordanceased 13/09/2024· significant influence

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-10-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

Colorado House 11 Caputhall Road, Deans Industrial Estate
Deans
Livingston
West Lothian
EH54 8AS
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-13
Last: 2025-10-30

Officers (2 active · 9 resigned)

DRAIN, Alison→
secretary · appointed 2015-01-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOWNES, John Patrick→
director · ~64y · appointed 2006-10-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOWNES, Ian John Patrick→
secretary · appointed 2006-10-30 · resigned 2007-10-04
Resigned
HENDREN, David John→
secretary · appointed 2011-06-01 · resigned 2014-07-30
Resigned
HENDREN, David John→
secretary · appointed 2007-10-04 · resigned 2010-01-14
Resigned
MARSHALL, Alexander→
secretary · appointed 2010-01-14 · resigned 2011-04-12
Resigned
BOOTH, Donald Ireson→
director · ~64y · appointed 2006-10-30 · resigned 2007-06-20
Resigned
GIBSON, Gary William→
director · ~60y · appointed 2007-06-20 · resigned 2010-01-14
Resigned
HENDREN, David John→
director · ~54y · appointed 2007-06-20 · resigned 2014-07-30
Resigned
JORDAN, Russell Rodger→
director · ~64y · appointed 2014-08-04 · resigned 2024-09-13
Resigned
MARSHALL, Alexander→
director · ~67y · appointed 2010-01-14 · resigned 2011-04-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (72 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-08-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-12
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-11-11
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-11-11
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-09-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-07-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-07-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-05