ESHER LOGS & TREE SURGEONS LTD.

🏛️Establishedactive

11437200 · ltd · incorporated 2018-06-28

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

—

not disclosed

Net worth

—

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Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 02100

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (59/100)

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

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

8 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

18 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand

2025-04-14
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2024-04-21
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2023-04-17
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2022-04-29
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2021-04-27
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2020-05-11
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2019-04-12
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2019-03-07
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2018-07-04
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change-of-name · CERTNM
2018-06-28
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Company incorporated
As ESHER LOGS & TREE SURGEONS LTD.
2018-06-28
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COOK, Carole appointed
director
2018-06-28
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COOK, David George appointed
director
2018-06-28
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incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

86/100

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 age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr David George Cook Individual · British · DOB 07/1951 · age 75	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	28/06/2018
Mrs Carole Cook Individual · British · DOB 07/1954 · age 72	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	28/06/2018

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

Incorporated2018-06-28

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC02100 — SIC 02100

Registered office

28 Leamington Avenue

Morden

Surrey

SM4 4DW

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last: 2026-06-16

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

COOK, Carole→

director · ~72y · appointed 2018-06-28

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COOK, David George→

director · ~75y · appointed 2018-06-28

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