ECOSSE HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC044163 · ltd · incorporated 1966-12-29
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 48.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£4.61M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 91-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 91). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 48.6y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 48.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
106 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £4,611,414
Cash YoY
+3%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£4.3m
↑ 2.8% YoY
Net Worth
£4.6m
↑ 9.1% YoY
Current Assets
£4.8m
↑ 1.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£958k£1.9m£2.9m£3.8m£4.8mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£4.61M£4.23M
Current assets£4.79M£4.70M
Cash£4.28M£4.17M
Debtors£503.8k£532.6k
Net assets£4.61M£4.23M

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

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1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-09
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  3. 2025-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-08-31
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    BARBOUR, William Stewart resigned
    director
  6. 2023-08-31
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2023-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-08-19
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    capital-alter-shares-subdivision
    capital · SH02
  10. 2021-08-18
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    capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
    capital · SH10
  11. 2021-08-18
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  12. 2021-08-18
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  13. 2021-08-18
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  14. 2021-03-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-05-08
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    officers · AP01
  17. 2019-04-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  18. 2019-04-01
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    BARBOUR, William Stewart appointed
    director
  19. 2019-03-31
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    MAGUIRE, Conor Patrick resigned
    director
  20. 2018-12-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2017-09-28
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    MAGUIRE, Conor Patrick appointed
    director
  22. 2010-01-14
    ➖
    PAGANI, Raymond Urquhart resigned
    secretary
  23. 2010-01-14
    ➖
    PAGANI, Raymond Urquhart resigned
    director
  24. 1998-04-01
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    COOPER, Derek John Andrew appointed
    director
  25. 1994-04-10
    ➖
    COOPER, Margaret Marshall resigned
    director
  26. 1989-12-31
    ➖
    COOPER, Margaret Marshall resigned
    secretary
  27. 1977-09-09
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  28. 1966-12-29
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ECOSSE HOLDINGS LIMITED

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 91 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 91 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 59 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John Alfred Cooper
Individual · British · DOB 01/1935 · age 91
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1966-12-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

Seabegs Road
Seabegs Road
Bonnybridge
Stirlingshire
FK4 2BT
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-29
Last: 2025-09-15

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

COOPER, Derek John Andrew→
director · ~55y · appointed 1998-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COOPER, John Alfred→
director · ~91y
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COOPER, Margaret Marshall→
secretary · resigned 1989-12-31
Resigned
PAGANI, Raymond Urquhart→
secretary · resigned 2010-01-14
Resigned
BARBOUR, William Stewart→
director · ~58y · appointed 2019-04-01 · resigned 2023-08-31
Resigned
COOPER, Margaret Marshall→
director · ~85y · resigned 1994-04-10
Resigned
MAGUIRE, Conor Patrick→
director · ~48y · appointed 2017-09-28 · resigned 2019-03-31
Resigned
PAGANI, Raymond Urquhart→
director · ~81y · resigned 2010-01-14
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property09/09/1977—
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Recent filings (106 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-14
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-08-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-14
capital-alter-shares-subdivision
capital · SH02
2021-08-19
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2021-08-18
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2021-08-18