COSY COTTAGE SOAP LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
10891999 · ltd · incorporated 2017-07-31
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£58.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 65). 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, 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
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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
35 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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)Positive net assets
Net assets £58,919
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£59k
↑ 73% YoY
Current Assets
£69k
↑ 68% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £58.9k | £34.0k |
| Current assets | £68.8k | £41.0k |
| Net assets | £58.9k | £34.0k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-31📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-03-31📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2025-03-31📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2025-03-24📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-03-24📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-10-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-22📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-06-22📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-10-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-26📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2021-03-25📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2021-03-25📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2021-03-25📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2021-03-25📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2021-03-15📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-02-17➕WALKER, Philip Geoffrey Allen appointeddirector
- 2021-01-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-01-08📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2017-07-31🏢Company incorporatedAs COSY COTTAGE SOAP LIMITED
- 2017-07-31➕CHALLONER WALKER, Clara Helen appointeddirector
Owner dependency
78/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple 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.
Red flags
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Philip Geoffrey Allen Walker Individual · British · DOB 01/1961 · age 65 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 22/06/2023 |
Mrs Clara Helen Challoner Walker Individual · British · DOB 08/1964 · age 62 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 31/07/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2017-07-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Registered office
Rowan House
7 West Bank
Scarborough
North Yorkshire
YO12 4DX
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-05
Last: 2025-07-22
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
CHALLONER WALKER, Clara Helen→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2017-07-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WALKER, Philip Geoffrey Allen→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2021-02-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (35 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-01
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-03-31
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-03-31
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-03-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-24
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-06-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-06-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-16