COWRAN CARE LTD

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07222332 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2010-04-13
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 Apr 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01460
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 01500SIC 01500
  • 85320Technical and vocational secondary education
  • 85600Educational support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (64/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
11 officers (6 active, 11 linked, 10 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
54 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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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
Metric2024-04-29
Average employees800

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-10-21
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2024-10-11
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    MURRAY, Lynne resigned
    director
  5. 2024-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-01-29
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2024-01-25
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    DISS, Simon Michael resigned
    director
  8. 2023-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-08-15
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2022-02-01
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    SMITH, Alison Elizabeth appointed
    director
  11. 2022-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-11-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2021-11-23
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2021-10-27
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    PIPE, Stephen Richard resigned
    director
  15. 2021-02-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-05-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-01-27
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  18. 2019-02-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2018-04-04
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  20. 2018-03-31
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    BROWN, Vanda June appointed
    director
  21. 2018-02-17
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  22. 2018-02-14
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    BREARLEY, Jayne appointed
    director
  23. 2018-02-14
    ➖
    MATTHEWS, Shelley Anne resigned
    director
  24. 2014-01-03
    ➕
    DISS, Michael Geoffrey appointed
    secretary
  25. 2014-01-01
    ➕
    DISS, Michael Geoffrey appointed
    director
  26. 2014-01-01
    ➕
    DISS, Simon Michael appointed
    director
  27. 2014-01-01
    ➕
    MATTHEWS, Shelley Anne appointed
    director
  28. 2014-01-01
    ➕
    MURRAY, Lynne appointed
    director
  29. 2014-01-01
    ➕
    PIPE, Stephen Richard appointed
    director
  30. 2010-04-14
    ➖
    JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer resigned
    director
  31. 2010-04-13
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    Company incorporated
    As COWRAN CARE LTD
  32. 2010-04-13
    ➕
    DISS, Rachel Mary appointed
    director
  33. 2010-04-13
    ➕
    JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — 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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

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
Incorporated2010-04-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01460 — SIC 01460

Registered office

Cabinet Bank
Pennington
Ulverston
Cumbria
LA12 0JW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-29
Last made up to: 2025-04-29
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-22
Last: 2026-04-08

Officers (6 active · 5 resigned)

DISS, Michael Geoffrey→
secretary · appointed 2014-01-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BREARLEY, Jayne→
director · ~79y · appointed 2018-02-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROWN, Vanda June→
director · ~72y · appointed 2018-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DISS, Michael Geoffrey→
director · ~77y · appointed 2014-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DISS, Rachel Mary→
director · ~46y · appointed 2010-04-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMITH, Alison Elizabeth→
director · ~47y · appointed 2022-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DISS, Simon Michael→
director · ~48y · appointed 2014-01-01 · resigned 2024-01-25
Resigned
JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer→
director · ~56y · appointed 2010-04-13 · resigned 2010-04-14
Resigned
MATTHEWS, Shelley Anne→
director · ~52y · appointed 2014-01-01 · resigned 2018-02-14
Resigned
MURRAY, Lynne→
director · ~70y · appointed 2014-01-01 · resigned 2024-10-11
Resigned
PIPE, Stephen Richard→
director · ~67y · appointed 2014-01-01 · resigned 2021-10-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (54 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-29
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-29
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-08-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-11-24
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-11-23