COWRAN TRAINING LIMITED

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06659063 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2008-07-29
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
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£25.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01130
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 01500SIC 01500
  • 85320Technical and vocational secondary education
  • 85410Post-secondary non-tertiary education
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
9 officers (4 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
51 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £25,011

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£25k
Current Assets
£42k
Current Liabilities
—
£0£8k£17k£25k£34k£42kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£47.2k—
Current assets£42.2k—
Net assets£25.0k—
Average employees—0

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-10-17
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2022-10-11
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    BROWN, Vanda June appointed
    director
  7. 2022-07-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-01-30
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2022-01-10
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    MASSEY, Hugh Philip resigned
    director
  10. 2021-11-23
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2021-10-27
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    PIPE, Stephen Richard resigned
    director
  12. 2021-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-07-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-04-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-04-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2015-08-25
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-no-member-list
    annual-return · AR01
  19. 2011-02-22
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    PIPE, Stephen Richard appointed
    director
  20. 2010-11-23
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    ALLONBY, Dominic William Damien resigned
    director
  21. 2008-07-29
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    Company incorporated
    As COWRAN TRAINING LIMITED
  22. 2008-07-29
    ➕
    DISS, Michael Geoffrey appointed
    secretary
  23. 2008-07-29
    ➕
    DISS, Anne Magdalen appointed
    director
  24. 2008-07-29
    ➕
    DISS, Michael Geoffrey appointed
    director
  25. 2008-07-29
    ➕
    ALLONBY, Dominic William Damien appointed
    director
  26. 2008-07-29
    ➕
    MASSEY, Hugh Philip appointed
    director
  27. 2008-07-29
    ➕
    YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  28. 2008-07-29
    ➖
    YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  29. 2008-07-29
    ➕
    YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  30. 2008-07-29
    ➖
    YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2008-07-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01130 — SIC 01130

Registered office

Cabinet Bank Pennington
Nr Ulverston
Ulverston
Cumbria
LA12 0JW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-12
Last: 2025-07-29

Officers (4 active · 5 resigned)

DISS, Michael Geoffrey→
secretary · appointed 2008-07-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROWN, Vanda June→
director · ~72y · appointed 2022-10-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DISS, Anne Magdalen→
director · ~76y · appointed 2008-07-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DISS, Michael Geoffrey→
director · ~77y · appointed 2008-07-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ALLONBY, Dominic William Damien→
director · ~64y · appointed 2008-07-29 · resigned 2010-11-23
Resigned
MASSEY, Hugh Philip→
director · ~74y · appointed 2008-07-29 · resigned 2022-01-10
Resigned
PIPE, Stephen Richard→
director · ~67y · appointed 2011-02-22 · resigned 2021-10-27
Resigned
YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2008-07-29 · resigned 2008-07-29
Resigned
YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2008-07-29 · resigned 2008-07-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (51 total)

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2026-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-25
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-01-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-19