COVERANDCARRY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

09953145 · ltd · incorporated 2016-01-15

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

—

year to Jan 2026

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01490

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

48 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2026-01-31	2025-01-31
Average employees	200	200

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 capital

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 capital

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 3 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 capital

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2026-06-26
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-06-26
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-06-24
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-04-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-02
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GOSS, Garey Stephen appointed
director
2026-01-26
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-26
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-26
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-23
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-05-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-15
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-07-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-09
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move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
address · AD03
2019-12-06
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2019-12-06
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2019-09-27
➖
THOMPSON, Peter Martin resigned
secretary
2019-09-27
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THOMPSON, Peter Martin resigned
director
2019-01-29
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CLYNE, Neil appointed
director
2019-01-29
➕
MOUND, Stephen Neil appointed
director
2016-01-15
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Company incorporated
As COVERANDCARRY LIMITED
2016-01-15
➕
THOMPSON, Peter Martin appointed
secretary
2016-01-15
➕
THOMPSON, Peter Martin appointed
director

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.

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

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Garey Stephen Goss Individual · British · DOB 07/1963 · age 63	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	02/04/2026
Mr Neil Clyne Individual · British · DOB 11/1959 · age 67	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	02/05/2019
Mr Stephen Neil Mound Individual · British · DOB 08/1965 · age 61	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	02/05/2019

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Peter Martin Thompsonceased 27/09/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

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DRIVERS FARMS LIMITED→ 00680602 · est 1961 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	65y	—	—
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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2016-01-15

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC01490 — SIC 01490

Registered office

Tennyson House

Cambridge Business Park

Cambridge

Cambridgeshire

CB4 0WZ

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-10-31

Last made up to: 2026-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-26

Last: 2026-01-12

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

CLYNE, Neil→

director · ~67y · appointed 2019-01-29

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Active

GOSS, Garey Stephen→

director · ~63y · appointed 2026-04-02

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Active

MOUND, Stephen Neil→

director · ~61y · appointed 2019-01-29

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Active

THOMPSON, Peter Martin→

secretary · appointed 2016-01-15 · resigned 2019-09-27

Resigned

THOMPSON, Peter Martin→

director · ~62y · appointed 2016-01-15 · resigned 2019-09-27

Resigned

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Recent filings (48 total)

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2026-06-26

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2026-06-26

capital-allotment-shares

capital · SH01

2026-06-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-04-24

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-01-26

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2026-01-26

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-01-26

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2026-01-23

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-01-23

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-05-02

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-01-23

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-04-29

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2024-04-15

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-01-18

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-07-05