ROBERT COOK PLANT HIRE LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive

SC659719 · ltd · incorporated 2020-04-21

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 Apr 2025

Net worth

£1.12M

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Support activities for crop production

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 0.4y

50/100

clean up first

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

· Newest facility, 0.4 years old — likely still in initial term.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

15 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,119,328

Cash YoY

+262%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£303k

↑ 262% YoY

Net Worth

£1.1m

↑ 157% YoY

Current Assets

£1.3m

↑ 355% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£2.25M	£1.31M
Current assets	£1.32M	£290.5k
Cash	£303.2k	£83.8k
Debtors	£1.02M	£206.7k
Net assets	£1.12M	£435.4k

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 mortgage

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand

2026-04-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-07
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-01
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-11-25
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2025-01-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-22
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officers · CH01
2020-05-22
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-04-21
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Company incorporated
As ROBERT COOK PLANT HIRE LIMITED
2020-04-21
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COOK, Kevan appointed
director
2020-04-21
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COOK, Stuart appointed
director
2020-04-21
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incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

94/100

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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "COOK" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

46/100

Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
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 Stuart Cook Individual · British · DOB 09/1967 · age 59	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	21/04/2020
Mr Kevan Cook Individual · British · DOB 01/1979 · age 47	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	21/04/2020

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Frances Cookceased 07/01/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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

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MUIREND FARMING COMPANY LIMITED→ SC033965 · est 1959	—	—	£753.7k	—	67y	83	81y
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CRAIG WILSON LIMITED→ SC231078 · est 2002	—	—	—	19	23y	82	70y
HAMILTON & CO. MANAGEMENT LIMITED→ SC375040 · est 2010	—	—	£2.31M	—	16y	82	64y
HYSLOP BROTHERS LIMITED→ SC295009 · est 2006 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	20y	82	68y
JAMES FORREST AGRICULTURAL CONTRACTORS LIMITED→ SC281572 · est 2005	—	—	—	200	21y	82	86y
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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2020-04-21

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC01610 — Support activities for crop production

Registered office

Unit 12 Grangestone Industrial Estate

Girvan

KA26 9PF

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-04

Last: 2025-04-20

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

COOK, Kevan→

director · ~47y · appointed 2020-04-21

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Active

COOK, Stuart→

director · ~59y · appointed 2020-04-21

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Active

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	A registered charge	—	25/11/2025	—

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Recent filings (15 total)

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

accounts · AA

2026-04-30

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2026-01-07

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date

mortgage · MR01

2025-12-01