CORNISH ICE COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02626671 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1991-07-04

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 34.0y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2026

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 10890

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · oldest 34.0y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 34.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

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

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

42 officers (7 active, 42 linked, 32 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

166 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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.

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 · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2026-03-31	2025-03-31

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (103 events)Click to expand

2026-05-20
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accounts · AA
2026-01-26
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BUCKLAND, Peter John resigned
director
2026-01-26
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officers · TM01
2025-05-18
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accounts · AA
2024-05-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
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ROSEWYN LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2022-09-30
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-08-22
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address · AD01
2022-04-29
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accounts · AA
2021-08-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-08
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-07-08
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-07-08
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2020-01-06
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officers · TM01
2020-01-04
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DE ROZARIEUX, Nathan Andrew resigned
director
2019-10-21
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STEPHENS, Andrew resigned
director
2019-10-21
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officers · TM01
2019-09-12
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accounts · AA
2019-09-03
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officers · CH01
2019-09-03
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officers · AP01
2019-08-16
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BUCKLAND, Peter John appointed
director
2019-08-06
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mortgage · MR04
2019-08-06
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Charge satisfied #3
2019-08-06
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Charge satisfied #2
2019-06-18
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Charge satisfied #1
2019-02-25
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ROSEWYN LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2016-01-27
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ADAMS, Godfrey resigned
director
2016-01-27
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STEVENS, Alex resigned
director
2016-01-14
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DOWNING, Kenneth Mark appointed
director
2016-01-14
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MCCLURE, Tom appointed
director
2016-01-14
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PASCOE, David Banfield appointed
director
2016-01-14
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DE ROZARIEUX, Nathan Andrew appointed
director
2015-06-20
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WILLIAMS, Leonard Michael resigned
secretary
2015-06-20
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WILLIAMS, Leonard Michael resigned
director
2014-05-16
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KNIGHTS, Quentin Waldon resigned
director
2014-05-16
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LEACH, Stephen resigned
director
2014-02-27
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2008-03-07
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CHOWN, James Mark appointed
director
2005-05-26
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KNIGHTS, Quentin Waldon appointed
director
2004-07-05
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TURTLE, John Neil resigned
secretary
2004-07-05
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WILLIAMS, Leonard Michael appointed
secretary
2004-07-05
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ADAMS, Godfrey appointed
director
2004-07-05
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MOUNTJOY, Mervyn resigned
director
2002-02-26
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PASCOE, Andrew Leslie appointed
director
2002-02-26
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TURTLE, John Neil appointed
secretary
2002-02-26
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WILLIAMS, Leonard Michael resigned
secretary
2002-02-26
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JONES, Alan Martin resigned
director
2002-02-26
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NEALE, Peter John, £R resigned
director

Showing most recent 50 of 103 events

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

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 34 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 35 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

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Kenneth Mark Downing Individual · British · DOB 07/1944 · age 82	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/07/2020
Antony Stuart Hosking Individual · British · DOB 05/1972 · age 54	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/07/2020

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1991-07-04

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC10890 — SIC 10890

Registered office

48 The Strand

Newlyn

Penzance

TR18 5HW

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-12-31

Last made up to: 2026-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-16

Last: 2025-07-02