C.C. COUSLAND & SON LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01411396 · ltd · incorporated 1979-01-25
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
—
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Turnover
—
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£1.09M
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 72). 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 45.8y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 45.8 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 (77/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
110 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £1,090,255
Net assets shrinking
Down £70,988 YoY
Cash YoY
-20%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£470k
↓ 20% YoY
Net Worth
£1.1m
↓ 6.1% YoY
Current Assets
£635k
↓ 14% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.14M | £1.27M |
| Current assets | £635.5k | £739.3k |
| Cash | £470.1k | £587.9k |
| Debtors | £13.7k | £10.3k |
| Net assets | £1.09M | £1.16M |
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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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 miscellaneous
Last 180 days
6
filings
- • 3 persons-with-significant-control
- • 2 capital
- • 1 miscellaneous
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-02📄second-filing-cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · RP04PSC07
- 2026-03-26📄legacymiscellaneous · RP01PSC01
- 2026-03-26📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-03-17📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2026-03-17📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2026-03-05📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-09-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-01📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-05-01📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-04-10➖COUSLAND, Robert Lang resigneddirector
- 2024-01-22📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-01-22🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2023-10-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-29📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-09-29📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-12-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-21➕COUSLAND, Robert Christopher appointedsecretary
- 2021-12-21📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2021-12-21📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2021-12-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-12-21📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2021-12-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-12-20➖COUSLAND, Robert Lang resignedsecretary
- 2008-03-03➖COUSLAND, Joan Margaret resigneddirector
- 1980-09-05🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Bank LTD
- 1979-01-25🏢Company incorporatedAs C.C. COUSLAND & SON LIMITED
Owner dependency
96/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "COUSLAND" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 47 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Jack Law Cousland Individual · British · DOB 04/1958 · age 68 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 29/09/2023 |
Mr Robert Christopher Cousland Individual · British · DOB 05/1954 · age 72 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 29/09/2023 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Ian Mackenzie Penman Condieceased 23/02/2026· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control
- Mr Robert Lang Couslandceased 23/02/2026· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1979-01-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Registered office
Millfield Farm
Scredington
Sleaford
Lincolnshire
NG34 0BW
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-10
Last: 2025-09-26
Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)
COUSLAND, Robert Christopher→
Activesecretary · appointed 2021-12-21
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Active
Active
COUSLAND, Robert Lang→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2020-12-20
COUSLAND, Joan Margaret→
Resigneddirector · ~98y · resigned 2008-03-03
COUSLAND, Robert Lang→
Resigneddirector · ~100y · resigned 2024-04-10
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank LTD | Legal charge | 1 property | 05/09/1980 | 22/01/2024 |
Recent filings (110 total)
second-filing-cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · RP04PSC07
2026-04-02
legacy
miscellaneous · RP01PSC01
2026-03-26
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-26
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2026-03-17
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2026-03-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-03-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-23
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-05-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-05-01
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-02