COTSWOLD HERBS LTD
🌳Matureactive
07264068 · ltd · incorporated 2010-05-25
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 May 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01300
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
36 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 accountsCash
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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 · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2025-06-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-02📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-02-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-05-18📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-05-18📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-08-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-11-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-06-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-06-07📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2016-02-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2010-05-25🏢Company incorporatedAs COTSWOLD HERBS LTD
- 2010-05-25➕WILSON, Juliet appointeddirector
- 2010-05-25➕WILSON, Nicholas appointeddirector
Owner dependency
89/100
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
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 16 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
69/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- 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.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Nicholas Wilson Individual · British · DOB 06/1965 · age 61 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| A B LIVERY LIMITED→ 17003706 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| AGRIFAB LTD→ 14754414 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| AVIAGEN LIMITED→ 01610943 · est 1982 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 44y | — | — |
| BRITISH CHAROLAIS CATTLE SOCIETY LIMITED (THE)→ 00731132 · est 1962 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 63y | — | — |
| CARP DREAMS LIMITED→ 07930601 · est 2012 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 14y | — | — |
| CHLOE’S CONNIES LTD→ 14301533 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| CLARES BARN LIMITED→ 06708191 · est 2008 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 17y | — | — |
| COLINA PICKLES EQUESTRIAN LIMITED→ 15655064 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| COPSTON GRANGE FARMS LIMITED→ 13336930 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| CORDWOOD TREE SERVICES LIMITED→ 17103025 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| COTSWOLD HILLS RIDING CENTRE CIC→ 16468014 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| COTSWOLD TREES LTD→ 12105779 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-05-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01300 — SIC 01300
Registered office
Celixir House
Stratford Business And Technology Park
Stratford-Upon-Avon
Warwickshire
CV37 7GZ
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-08
Last: 2025-05-25
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
WILSON, Juliet→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2010-05-25
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WILSON, Nicholas→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2010-05-25
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Recent filings (36 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-05-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-08-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-08-28