CORNWELL ASSETS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08201905 · ltd · incorporated 2012-09-05
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Security dealing on own account
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
44 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 accounts
Cash
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees00

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
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • • 3 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-18
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-06-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2026-02-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2026-02-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2026-02-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2025-11-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2025-03-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2025-02-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2024-08-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company
    address · AD01
  10. 2023-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-10-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-04-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-02-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company
    address · AD01
  14. 2021-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-06-02
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  16. 2020-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-06-19
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  18. 2019-06-10
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    CORNWELL, Howard Franklin appointed
    director
  19. 2015-12-21
    ➕
    CORNWELL, Mark Richard appointed
    director
  20. 2015-08-17
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    CORNWELL, Roger Franklin resigned
    director
  21. 2012-09-05
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    Company incorporated
    As CORNWELL ASSETS LIMITED
  22. 2012-09-05
    ➕
    CORNWELL, Brenda Dawn appointed
    director
  23. 2012-09-05
    ➕
    CORNWELL, Roger Franklin appointed
    director

Owner dependency

88/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CORNWELL" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Howard Franklin Cornwell
Individual · British · DOB 04/1972 · age 54
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Mark Richard Cornwell
Individual · British · DOB 03/1969 · age 57
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Brenda Dawn Cornwellceased 07/03/2020· 50-75% shares

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2012-09-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64991 — Security dealing on own account

Registered office

The Oaks Village Road
West Kirby
Wirral
CH48 3JN
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-22
Last: 2026-02-08

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

CORNWELL, Brenda Dawn→
director · ~81y · appointed 2012-09-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CORNWELL, Howard Franklin→
director · ~54y · appointed 2019-06-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CORNWELL, Mark Richard→
director · ~57y · appointed 2015-12-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CORNWELL, Roger Franklin→
director · ~89y · appointed 2012-09-05 · resigned 2015-08-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (44 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-06-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-06-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-19
change-registered-office-address-company
address · AD01
2024-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-18