CENTRAL BELT COOPERAGE LTD
Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -64% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).
Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 1.8y
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Newest facility, 1.8 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £262.1k | £172.1k |
| Current assets | £763.3k | £1.08M |
| Cash | £61.1k | £172.0k |
| Debtors | £580.4k | £833.9k |
| Net assets | £-60.0k | £-78.3k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-13📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-07-15📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-07-08🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance Limited
- 2024-04-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-30📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-11-30📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-01-09📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-01-09📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-10-17📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-09-29🏢Company incorporatedAs CENTRAL BELT COOPERAGE LTD
- 2022-09-29➕CARIS, Paul Alexandre appointeddirector
- 2022-09-29📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
Red flags
cleanGroup structure
Financiere De Toureloure is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Financiere De Toureloure Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 29/09/2022 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Paul-Alexandre Carisceased 30/11/2023· significant influence · trust interest · firm interest
- Mrs Juliana Carisceased 30/11/2023· significant influence · trust interest · firm interest
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Filing status
Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance Limited | A registered charge | — | 08/07/2024 | — |