COLORADO DEVELOPMENTS (2010) LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC311186 · ltd · incorporated 2006-10-31
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒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
81/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Development of building projects
Sector: Construction
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
10 officers (3 active, 10 linked, 6 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
67 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-11-30 | 2023-11-30 |
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| Average employees | 0 | 0 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-20📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-09-20📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-09-13➖JORDAN, Russell Rodger resigneddirector
- 2024-04-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-10-14📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-09-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2017-11-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2017-07-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-07-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2015-01-23➕DRAIN, Alison appointedsecretary
- 2014-08-02➕JORDAN, Russell Rodger appointeddirector
- 2014-07-30➖HENDREN, David John resignedsecretary
- 2014-07-30➖HENDREN, David John resigneddirector
- 2011-06-01➕HENDREN, David John appointedsecretary
- 2011-04-12➖MARSHALL, Alexander resignedsecretary
- 2011-04-01➖MARSHALL, Alexander resigneddirector
- 2010-01-14➖HENDREN, David John resignedsecretary
- 2010-01-14➕MARSHALL, Alexander appointedsecretary
- 2010-01-14➕MARSHALL, Alexander appointeddirector
- 2010-01-14➖MCGINIGAL, David resigneddirector
- 2008-05-01➕MCGINIGAL, David appointeddirector
- 2006-10-31🏢Company incorporatedAs COLORADO DEVELOPMENTS (2010) LIMITED
- 2006-10-31➕BOWNES, John Patrick appointeddirector
- 2006-10-31➕GIBSON, Gary William appointeddirector
- 2006-10-31➕HENDREN, David John appointedsecretary
- 2006-10-31➕HENDREN, David John appointeddirector
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong 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.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr John Patrick Bownes Individual · British · DOB 04/1962 · age 64 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Gary William Gibson Individual · British · DOB 02/1966 · age 60 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- 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
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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| EDINBURGH’S FIRST RESPONSE ROOFING LTD→ SC707690 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
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| EMAIN ENERGY LTD→ SC756222 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| EMBERVAULT GLOBAL LTD→ SC876785 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ENHANCE JOINERY WORX LTD→ SC824055 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-10-31
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 (3 active · 7 resigned)
Active
BOWNES, John Patrick→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2006-10-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GIBSON, Gary William→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2006-10-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HENDREN, David John→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2011-06-01 · resigned 2014-07-30
HENDREN, David John→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2006-10-31 · resigned 2010-01-14
MARSHALL, Alexander→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2010-01-14 · resigned 2011-04-12
HENDREN, David John→
Resigneddirector · ~54y · appointed 2006-10-31 · resigned 2014-07-30
JORDAN, Russell Rodger→
Resigneddirector · ~64y · appointed 2014-08-02 · resigned 2024-09-13
MARSHALL, Alexander→
Resigneddirector · ~67y · appointed 2010-01-14 · resigned 2011-04-01
MCGINIGAL, David→
Resigneddirector · ~59y · appointed 2008-05-01 · resigned 2010-01-14
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Recent filings (67 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-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-04
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
2023-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-23
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
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-10-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-10-14