COLORADO CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING LIMITED

📈Growthactive

SC311182 · ltd · incorporated 2006-10-30

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 18.0y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

£21.12M

year to Nov 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Construction of commercial buildings

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Conservative operator with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 18.0y

80/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 18.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
· Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

14 officers (7 active, 14 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared

Director network

7 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

87 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒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

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 · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £851,716

Turnover YoY

-6%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-11-30	2023-11-30
Turnover	£21.12M	£22.44M
Gross profit	£2.22M	£1.77M
Operating profit	£867.3k	£525.3k
Profit before tax	£851.7k	£501.7k
Average employees	3800	3900

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (45 events)Click to expand

2025-08-01
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accounts · AA
2024-09-20
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officers · TM01
2024-09-13
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JORDAN, Russell Rodger resigned
director
2024-04-22
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accounts · AA
2023-08-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-06
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-02-06
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-02-06
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-02-06
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-02-06
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-12-02
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officers · AP01
2022-12-01
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ARCHIBALD, James George appointed
director
2022-07-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-07
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officers · CH01
2022-04-07
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officers · CH01
2022-04-07
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officers · CH01
2022-04-07
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-07-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-14
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officers · CH01
2020-10-14
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-09-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-02
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HAMILTON, Mark appointed
director
2018-11-29
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GARDINER, Iain resigned
director
2017-09-01
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DRAIN, Alison appointed
director
2017-09-01
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GARDINER, Iain appointed
director
2017-05-19
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Charge satisfied #2
2015-01-23
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DRAIN, Alison appointed
secretary
2014-08-04
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JORDAN, Russell Rodger appointed
director
2014-07-30
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HENDREN, David John resigned
secretary
2014-07-30
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HENDREN, David John resigned
director
2014-04-24
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2011-06-01
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HENDREN, David John appointed
secretary
2011-04-12
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MARSHALL, Alexander resigned
secretary
2011-04-01
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MARSHALL, Alexander resigned
director
2010-09-22
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Charge satisfied #1
2010-01-14
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MCGINIGAL, David appointed
director
2010-01-14
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HENDREN, David John resigned
secretary
2010-01-14
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MARSHALL, Alexander appointed
secretary
2010-01-14
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MARSHALL, Alexander appointed
director
2008-05-14
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2006-10-30
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Company incorporated
As COLORADO CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING LIMITED
2006-10-30
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BOWNES, John Patrick appointed
director
2006-10-30
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GIBSON, Gary William appointed
director
2006-10-30
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HENDREN, David John appointed
secretary
2006-10-30
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HENDREN, David John appointed
director

Owner dependency

58/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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.

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Colorado Group Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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COLORADO CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING LIMITED

This company · SC311182

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Colorado Group Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	01/02/2023

4 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Gary William Gibsonceased 01/02/2023· significant influence
Mr John Patrick Bownesceased 01/02/2023· significant influence
Mr David Mcginigalceased 01/02/2023· significant influence
Mr Russell Rodger Jordanceased 01/02/2023· significant influence

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2006-10-30

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC41201 — Construction of commercial buildings

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