COGGON BROTHERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08931828 · ltd · incorporated 2014-03-10
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 12.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 01130SIC 01130
  • 01610Support activities for crop production
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 12.0y

70/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 12.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
30 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
74
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years 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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Average employees600600

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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
2
filings
  • • 2 mortgage
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 mortgage
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-22
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    mortgage · MR01
  2. 2026-06-22
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    mortgage · MR01
  3. 2026-06-22
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
  4. 2026-06-22
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
  5. 2025-12-19
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    mortgage · MR01
  6. 2025-12-19
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    mortgage · MR01
  7. 2025-12-18
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
  8. 2025-12-18
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
  9. 2025-10-24
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  10. 2024-08-06
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  11. 2023-10-27
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  12. 2022-10-31
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  13. 2021-10-29
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  14. 2020-09-03
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  15. 2019-08-16
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  16. 2018-10-10
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  17. 2017-08-24
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  18. 2016-08-10
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  19. 2016-03-21
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  20. 2014-07-21
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  21. 2014-03-10
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    Company incorporated
    As COGGON BROTHERS LIMITED
  22. 2014-03-10
    ➕
    COGGON, John appointed
    director
  23. 2014-03-10
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    COGGON, Nicholas appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "COGGON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 years.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med · 1 low
4 new charges in last 12 months
medium

Heavy recent charge activity can indicate refinancing pressure, aggressive leverage, or multiple lender rotation.

Evidence: 2026-06-22: A registered charge; 2026-06-22: A registered charge; 2025-12-18: A registered charge

5 live charges
low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John Coggon
Individual · British · DOB 04/1962 · age 64
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Nicholas Coggon
Individual · British · DOB 08/1961 · age 65
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2014-03-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Registered office

Mill Farm North Street
West Butterwick
Scunthorpe
North Lincolnshire
DN17 3JW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-24
Last: 2026-03-10

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

COGGON, John→
director · ~64y · appointed 2014-03-10
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Active
COGGON, Nicholas→
director · ~65y · appointed 2014-03-10
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

5
Total charges
5
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc UK Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property22/06/2026—
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc UK Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property22/06/2026—
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc UK Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property18/12/2025—
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc UK Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property18/12/2025—
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property21/07/2014—
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Recent filings (30 total)

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mortgage · MR01
2026-06-22
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-20
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mortgage · MR01
2025-12-19
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mortgage · MR01
2025-12-19
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accounts · AA
2025-10-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-12
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accounts · AA
2024-08-06
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-11
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2023-10-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-14
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2022-10-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-15
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2021-10-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-01