COWTON FARMING COMPANY LIMITED
🌿Early-stageactive
15807352 · ltd · incorporated 2024-06-28
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Support activities for crop production
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (68/100)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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
8 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-06-30 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-01📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-07-01📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-06-28🏢Company incorporatedAs COWTON FARMING COMPANY LIMITED
- 2024-06-28➕PAXTON, David Ian appointedsecretary
- 2024-06-28➕PAXTON, David Ian appointeddirector
- 2024-06-28➕PAXTON, Jake Darwin appointeddirector
- 2024-06-28📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-06-28📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-06-28📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
71/100
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.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +Young company: Only 2.0 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.
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 |
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Mr David Ian Paxton Individual · British · DOB 06/1970 · age 56 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 28/06/2024 |
Mr Jake Darwin Paxton Individual · British · DOB 05/1995 · age 31 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 28/06/2024 |
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
Incorporated2024-06-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01610 — Support activities for crop production
Registered office
Redmire Hill Farm
North Cowton
Northallerton
North Yorkshire
DL7 0HT
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-11
Last: 2026-06-27
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
Active
PAXTON, David Ian→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2024-06-28
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PAXTON, Jake Darwin→
Activedirector · ~31y · appointed 2024-06-28
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Recent filings (8 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-06-28
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-06-28