G & T COOKE FARMS LTD
🌳Matureactive
04717945 · ltd · incorporated 2003-04-01
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 6.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). 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 6.5y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 6.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (5 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
80 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 400 | 500 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-15📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-01-15📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-01-15📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-16📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-06-16📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-06-15🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
- 2020-06-15🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
- 2019-12-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-19📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2019-11-15🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
- 2018-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-19📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2018-07-19📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2018-07-18📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2011-11-01➕COOKE, Helen Christina appointeddirector
- 2009-10-31➖COOKE, Anne Georgina resigneddirector
- 2009-10-01➖COOKE, Kenneth Charles resigneddirector
- 2003-04-07➕COOKE, Anne Georgina appointeddirector
- 2003-04-04➕COOKE, Gerald Richard appointedsecretary
- 2003-04-04➕COOKE, Gerald Richard appointeddirector
- 2003-04-04➕COOKE, Janet Pauline appointeddirector
- 2003-04-04➕COOKE, Timothy Gerald appointeddirector
- 2003-04-04➕COOKE, Kenneth Charles appointeddirector
- 2003-04-01🏢Company incorporatedAs G & T COOKE FARMS LTD
- 2003-04-01➕FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2003-04-01➖FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2003-04-01➕FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2003-04-01➖FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
88/100
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
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "COOKE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — 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 candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Helen Christina Cooke Individual · British · DOB 01/1979 · age 47 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 11/07/2018 |
Mr Timothy Gerald Cooke Individual · British · DOB 05/1980 · age 46 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/07/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Gerald Richard Cookeceased 15/01/2025· significant influence
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-04-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Registered office
Bratton Hall Farm
Bratton
Telford
Shropshire
TF5 0BX
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-15
Last: 2025-12-01
Officers (5 active · 4 resigned)
COOKE, Gerald Richard→
Activesecretary · appointed 2003-04-04
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COOKE, Gerald Richard→
Activedirector · ~81y · appointed 2003-04-04
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COOKE, Helen Christina→
Activedirector · ~47y · appointed 2011-11-01
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COOKE, Janet Pauline→
Activedirector · ~80y · appointed 2003-04-04
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COOKE, Timothy Gerald→
Activedirector · ~46y · appointed 2003-04-04
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-04-01 · resigned 2003-04-01
COOKE, Anne Georgina→
Resigneddirector · ~82y · appointed 2003-04-07 · resigned 2009-10-31
COOKE, Kenneth Charles→
Resigneddirector · ~82y · appointed 2003-04-04 · resigned 2009-10-01
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-04-01 · resigned 2003-04-01
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 15/06/2020 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited | A registered charge | 2 properties | 15/06/2020 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited | A registered charge | — | 15/11/2019 | — |
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Recent filings (80 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-01-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-15
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-25