CORNISH POTATOES LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
07179715 · ltd · incorporated 2010-03-05
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
—
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£6.68M
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of open-ended investment companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 13.8y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 13.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
108 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £6,684,918
Cash YoY
+117%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£1.9m
↑ 117% YoY
Net Worth
£6.7m
↑ 36% YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash | £1.86M | £855.7k |
| Net assets | £6.68M | £4.91M |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 officers
- • 1 address
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-03-24📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-12-03📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2025-12-03📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-12-03📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2025-12-01📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2025-12-01📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2025-11-26📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-11-26📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-11-26📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2025-11-25📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-11-25📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2025-11-25📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-11-25📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-11-21➖ROWE, Edward John resigneddirector
- 2025-11-21📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2025-09-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-20📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-02-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-02-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-30📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2012-10-10🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2012-09-12🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2010-08-12➕ROWE, Edward John appointeddirector
- 2010-03-05🏢Company incorporatedAs CORNISH POTATOES LIMITED
- 2010-03-05➕ROWE, Mark Daniel appointeddirector
Owner dependency
85/100
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
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
68/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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.)
Group structure
Cpl Holdco Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Cpl Holdco Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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CORNISH POTATOES LIMITED
This company · 07179715
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Cpl Holdco Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 21/11/2025 |
4 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Trenethick Farming Limitedceased 21/11/2025· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
- Francis Clark Trust Corporation Limitedceased 20/11/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · trust interest
- Mr Giles Duncan Hutchingsceased 20/11/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · trust interest
- Mr Louis Aidan Mathersceased 20/11/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · trust interest
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACCOLADE EDUCATION FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS LIMITED→ 15187606 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
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| CC FINANCIAL LIMITED→ 15592302 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| CHRIS NEWTON MORTGAGE SERVICES LIMITED→ 08891809 · est 2014 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 12y | — | — |
| CJ HOLDINGS PLYMOUTH LTD→ 16305540 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| CJ PROPLAN LTD→ 09314749 · est 2014 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 11y | — | — |
| CMB MORTGAGE CONSULTANTS LIMITED→ 06038104 · est 2006 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 19y | — | — |
| CONTINUUM FINANCIAL LTD→ 09482455 · est 2015 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 11y | — | — |
| COUNTY MORTGAGES (CORNWALL) LTD→ 12586297 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| CUBE INSURANCE SERVICES (HEALTH) LTD→ 09584017 · est 2015 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 10y | — | — |
| CUBE INSURANCE SERVICES LTD→ 09583243 · est 2015 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 10y | — | — |
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-03-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64304 — Activities of open-ended investment companies
Registered office
C/O Francis Clark Llp Unit 18, 23 Royal William Yard
Melville Building, East St
Plymouth
Devon
PL1 3GW
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-13
Last: 2026-02-27
Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)
ROWE, Mark Daniel→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2010-03-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ROWE, Edward John→
Resigneddirector · ~52y · appointed 2010-08-12 · resigned 2025-11-21
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 12/09/2012 | 10/10/2012 |
Recent filings (108 total)
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-18
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-12-03
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-12-03
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-12-03
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2025-12-01
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-12-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-26
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-11-26
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-11-26
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-11-25
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-11-25
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-11-25
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-11-25