CRAFTY COCKERILL LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC666781 · ltd · incorporated 2020-07-08
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
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Public houses and bars
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
13 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees6100

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-06-13
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2022-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-02-24
    ➖
    FELL, Andrew David resigned
    director
  8. 2022-02-24
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2020-07-08
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CRAFTY COCKERILL LTD
  10. 2020-07-08
    ➕
    BOWES, Alan appointed
    director
  11. 2020-07-08
    ➕
    MACKINNON, James appointed
    director
  12. 2020-07-08
    ➕
    SMITH-BOWES, Andrena appointed
    director
  13. 2020-07-08
    ➕
    WINTON, Steven Michael appointed
    director
  14. 2020-07-08
    ➕
    FELL, Andrew David appointed
    director
  15. 2020-07-08
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

55/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alan Bowes
Individual · English · DOB 10/1956 · age 70
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control08/07/2020
Mrs Andrena Smith-Bowes
Individual · British · DOB 10/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control08/07/2020

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
Incorporated2020-07-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56302 — Public houses and bars

Registered office

3 Castle Court
Carnegie Campus
Dunfermline
Fife
KY11 8PB
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-19
Last: 2025-07-05

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

BOWES, Alan→
director · ~70y · appointed 2020-07-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACKINNON, James→
director · ~33y · appointed 2020-07-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMITH-BOWES, Andrena→
director · ~59y · appointed 2020-07-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WINTON, Steven Michael→
director · ~41y · appointed 2020-07-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FELL, Andrew David→
director · ~38y · appointed 2020-07-08 · resigned 2022-02-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (13 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-20
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-24
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-09
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2020-07-08