COOPERS TRADING COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08400784 · ltd · incorporated 2013-02-13
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 Feb 2025
Net worth
£-1.76M
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10832
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47250SIC 47250
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

Company profile
address, 2 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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
39 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £1,761,527

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£1.8m
~ YoY
Current Assets
£304k
↓ 4.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£1.8m-£1.3m-£929k-£513k-£97k£319kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Total assets£332.1k£346.0k
Current assets£304.4k£318.9k
Cash—£291.4k
Debtors—£15.0k
Net assets£-1.76M£-1.75M

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 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-28
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  2. 2024-07-23
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  3. 2023-10-10
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  4. 2022-10-20
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  5. 2021-07-29
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  6. 2020-08-12
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  7. 2019-10-24
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  8. 2018-10-24
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  9. 2017-11-09
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  10. 2017-07-05
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  11. 2017-05-10
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  12. 2017-05-09
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  13. 2016-11-23
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  14. 2016-04-28
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  15. 2015-11-30
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  16. 2013-02-13
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    Company incorporated
    As COOPERS TRADING COMPANY LIMITED
  17. 2013-02-13
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    PATCH, James Philip appointed
    director
  18. 2013-02-13
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    THOMAS, Adrian appointed
    director
  19. 2013-02-13
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    KAHAN, Barbara appointed
    director
  20. 2013-02-13
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    KAHAN, Barbara resigned
    director

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple 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 13 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 Adrian Powell Thomas
Individual · Australian · DOB 05/1965 · age 61
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
Mr James Philip Patch
Individual · British · DOB 07/1982 · age 44
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2013-02-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10832 — SIC 10832

Registered office

27 Frank Lunnon Close
Bourne End
SL8 5UP
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-05
Last: 2026-01-22

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

PATCH, James Philip→
director · ~44y · appointed 2013-02-13
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Active
THOMAS, Adrian→
director · ~61y · appointed 2013-02-13
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Active
KAHAN, Barbara→
director · ~95y · appointed 2013-02-13 · resigned 2013-02-13
Resigned

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Recent filings (39 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-10
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accounts · AA
2025-11-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-26
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accounts · AA
2024-07-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-21
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accounts · AA
2023-10-10
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-23
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accounts · AA
2022-10-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-28
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accounts · AA
2021-07-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-02-26