COOPERS GOURMET FOODS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02578344 · ltd · incorporated 1991-01-30

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

£633.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes

Sector: Manufacturing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

47240Retail sale of bread, cakes, flour confectionery and sugar confectionery in specialised stores
56102Unlicenced restaurants and cafes
56290Other food services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). 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 2.8y

50/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Newest facility, 2.8 years old — likely still in initial term.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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, 4 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

14 officers (6 active, 14 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

119 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

Positive net assets

Net assets £633,245

Cash YoY

+23%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£258k

↑ 23% YoY

Net Worth

£633k

↑ 28% YoY

Current Assets

£743k

↓ 2.8% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£1.02M	£810.3k
Current assets	£742.5k	£764.0k
Cash	£257.8k	£209.6k
Debtors	£348.6k	£316.8k
Net assets	£633.2k	£495.1k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 capital

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 capital

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 capital
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (41 events)Click to expand

2026-05-18
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capital · SH08
2025-11-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-24
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officers · AP01
2024-06-19
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ASHWORTH, John appointed
director
2024-04-12
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-24
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-08-15
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mortgage · MR01
2023-08-15
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Skipton Business Finance Limited
2023-02-09
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-02-09
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-02-09
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-12-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-09
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-06-09
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-12-25
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CARTER, India appointed
director
2014-07-17
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WATKISS, Jordan Ryan appointed
director
2011-01-01
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JONES, Howard Edward resigned
director
2004-11-16
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WATKISS, Susan Gillian appointed
secretary
2004-11-16
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JONES, Sarah Katherine resigned
secretary
2004-11-16
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JONES, Sarah Katherine resigned
director
2003-04-01
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WATKISS, Susan Gillian appointed
director
2000-05-16
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JONES, Anne Karen resigned
director
2000-05-10
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JONES, Sarah Katherine appointed
secretary
2000-05-10
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JONES, Stanley Alan resigned
secretary
2000-05-10
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JONES, Howard Edward appointed
director
2000-05-10
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JONES, Sarah Katherine appointed
director
2000-05-10
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JONES, Stanley Alan resigned
director
1991-03-01
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WATKISS, Ivan Richard appointed
director
1991-03-01
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JONES, Stanley Alan appointed
secretary
1991-03-01
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1991-03-01
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JONES, Anne Karen appointed
director
1991-03-01
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JONES, Stanley Alan appointed
director
1991-03-01
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INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
1991-01-30
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Company incorporated
As COOPERS GOURMET FOODS LIMITED
1991-01-30
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1991-01-30
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INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 35 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 35 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Ivan Richard Watkiss Individual · British · DOB 10/1963 · age 63	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mrs Susan Gillian Watkiss Individual · British · DOB 07/1968 · age 58	25–50%	—	25-50% 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

Incorporated1991-01-30

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC10710 — Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes

Registered office

Poynton Road

Roden

Telford

TF6 6BN

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-13

Last: 2026-01-30