CUMBRIA O & M SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09001129 · ltd · incorporated 2014-04-17
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 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
6 active PSC(s) of 7 total, 7 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
39 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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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 employees15001000

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-21
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  3. 2023-12-14
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-11-11
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-10-04
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  6. 2021-10-01
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  7. 2021-10-01
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  8. 2021-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-09-04
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-09-02
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    officers · CH01
  11. 2020-09-02
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    officers · CH01
  12. 2020-09-02
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2020-09-01
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2020-09-01
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2020-09-01
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  16. 2020-09-01
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    officers · TM01
  17. 2020-09-01
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  18. 2020-09-01
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    officers · TM01
  19. 2020-09-01
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    officers · AP01
  20. 2020-08-28
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    GARRATT, John David appointed
    director
  21. 2020-08-28
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    GARRATT, Matthew William appointed
    director
  22. 2020-08-28
    ➖
    GARRATT, Anita Lynn resigned
    director
  23. 2020-08-28
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    GARRATT, David resigned
    director
  24. 2014-04-17
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    Company incorporated
    As CUMBRIA O & M SERVICES LIMITED
  25. 2014-04-17
    ➕
    WOODMAN, Clifford Roland appointed
    director
  26. 2014-04-17
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    WOODMAN, Karen appointed
    director
  27. 2014-04-17
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    GARRATT, Anita Lynn appointed
    director
  28. 2014-04-17
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    GARRATT, David appointed
    director

Owner dependency

56/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

🏛️
Garratt Holdings Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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C & Kw Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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CUMBRIA O & M SERVICES LIMITED
This company · 09001129

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

6 active beneficial owners · fragmented
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Garratt Holdings Ltd
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/09/2021
C & Kw Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/09/2021
Mr Matthew William Garratt
Individual · British · DOB 10/1986 · age 40
——sig. influencesignificant influence28/08/2020
Mr John David Garratt
Individual · British · DOB 03/1983 · age 43
——sig. influencesignificant influence28/08/2020
Ms Karen Woodman
Individual · British · DOB 10/1962 · age 64
——sig. influencesignificant influence28/08/2020
Mr Clifford Roland Woodman
Individual · British · DOB 06/1964 · age 62
——sig. influencesignificant influence17/04/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr David Garrattceased 28/08/2020· significant influence

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
Incorporated2014-04-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Milburn House
3 Oxford Street
Workington
Cumbria
CA14 2AL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-15
Last: 2025-10-01

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

GARRATT, John David→
director · ~43y · appointed 2020-08-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GARRATT, Matthew William→
director · ~40y · appointed 2020-08-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WOODMAN, Clifford Roland→
director · ~62y · appointed 2014-04-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WOODMAN, Karen→
director · ~64y · appointed 2014-04-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GARRATT, Anita Lynn→
director · ~68y · appointed 2014-04-17 · resigned 2020-08-28
Resigned
GARRATT, David→
director · ~69y · appointed 2014-04-17 · resigned 2020-08-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (39 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-07
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2021-10-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-01
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2021-10-01
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2021-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-09-04