COOPER CRANES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05307471 · ltd · incorporated 2004-12-08
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 18.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£850
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 18.8y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 18.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
60 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £850

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£850
~ YoY
Current Assets
£850
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£170£340£510£680£850Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£850£850
Current assets£850£850
Net assets£850£850

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
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-05
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    COOPER, Robert Edward resigned
    director
  2. 2025-12-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-10-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  4. 2024-10-18
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  5. 2023-12-20
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  6. 2023-12-20
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Meif Wm Debt LP Acting by Its General Partner Maven Meif (Wm) Gp (One) Limited
  7. 2023-11-10
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  8. 2023-10-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-08-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-01-11
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  12. 2019-12-13
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  13. 2019-08-05
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  14. 2019-08-02
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Meif Wm Debt LP Acting by Its General Partner Maven Meif (Wm) Gp (One) Limited
  15. 2019-05-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-05-16
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  17. 2017-10-04
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  18. 2016-06-13
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    accounts · AA
  19. 2011-07-01
    ➖
    COOPER, Ian resigned
    director
  20. 2009-06-18
    ➕
    COOPER, Sandra Elizabeth appointed
    director
  21. 2008-06-20
    ➕
    COOPER, Shaun appointed
    director
  22. 2007-10-04
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  23. 2004-12-08
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    Company incorporated
    As COOPER CRANES LIMITED
  24. 2004-12-08
    ➕
    COOPER, Sandra Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  25. 2004-12-08
    ➕
    BTC (SECRETARIES) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2004-12-08
    ➖
    BTC (SECRETARIES) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2004-12-08
    ➕
    COOPER, Ian appointed
    director
  28. 2004-12-08
    ➕
    COOPER, Robert Edward appointed
    director
  29. 2004-12-08
    ➕
    BTC (DIRECTORS) LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  30. 2004-12-08
    ➖
    BTC (DIRECTORS) LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-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 "COOPER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Cooper Group Uk Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Cooper Group Uk Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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COOPER CRANES LIMITED
This company · 05307471

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Cooper Group Uk Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016
Shaun Cooper
Individual · British · DOB 02/1971 · age 55
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-12-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

3 Dale Street
Bilston
Wolverhampton
WV14 7JY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-22
Last: 2025-12-08

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

COOPER, Sandra Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2004-12-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COOPER, Sandra Elizabeth→
director · ~74y · appointed 2009-06-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COOPER, Shaun→
director · ~55y · appointed 2008-06-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BTC (SECRETARIES) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-12-08 · resigned 2004-12-08
Resigned
COOPER, Ian→
director · ~51y · appointed 2004-12-08 · resigned 2011-07-01
Resigned
COOPER, Robert Edward→
director · ~73y · appointed 2004-12-08 · resigned 2025-12-05
Resigned
BTC (DIRECTORS) LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-12-08 · resigned 2004-12-08
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Meif Wm Debt LP Acting by Its General Partner Maven Meif (Wm) Gp (One)
Meif Wm Debt LP Acting by Its General Partner Maven Meif (Wm) Gp (One) Limited
A registered charge—20/12/2023—
outstanding
Meif Wm Debt LP Acting by Its General Partner Maven Meif (Wm) Gp (One)
Meif Wm Debt LP Acting by Its General Partner Maven Meif (Wm) Gp (One) Limited
A registered charge—02/08/2019—
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property04/10/2007—
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Recent filings (60 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-21
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-12-20
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-08