B COCKTON ELECTRICAL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05239094 · ltd · incorporated 2004-09-23
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Electrical installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
64 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Average employees200200

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-26
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-05-24
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  6. 2024-05-24
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2024-03-18
    ➖
    COCKTON, Helen resigned
    secretary
  8. 2024-03-18
    ➖
    COCKTON, Helen resigned
    director
  9. 2023-05-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-07-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-07-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-10-04
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    move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
    address · AD03
  14. 2019-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-09-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2017-09-26
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  18. 2017-07-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  19. 2006-11-01
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    COCKTON, Peter appointed
    director
  20. 2004-09-23
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    Company incorporated
    As B COCKTON ELECTRICAL LIMITED
  21. 2004-09-23
    ➕
    COCKTON, Barry appointed
    director
  22. 2004-09-23
    ➕
    COCKTON, Helen appointed
    secretary
  23. 2004-09-23
    ➕
    COCKTON, Helen appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
Critical — business is the founder

The 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 "COCKTON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Barry Cockton
Individual · British · DOB 09/1953 · age 73
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2004-09-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43210 — Electrical installation

Registered office

Pear Tree Farm
Little Broughton
Cockermouth
CA13 0XZ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-07
Last: 2025-09-23

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

COCKTON, Barry→
director · ~73y · appointed 2004-09-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COCKTON, Peter→
director · ~46y · appointed 2006-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COCKTON, Helen→
secretary · appointed 2004-09-23 · resigned 2024-03-18
Resigned
COCKTON, Helen→
director · ~69y · appointed 2004-09-23 · resigned 2024-03-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (64 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-07-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-03
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-05-24
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-28