E. AND S. COTTON LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01018925 · ltd · incorporated 1971-07-27
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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not disclosed
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 88-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 88). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (59/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 6 total, 6 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
116 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

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 (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-29
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2024-07-29
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2024-07-22
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2024-07-09
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    PRATT, Stephanie Elizabeth appointed
    director
  7. 2024-07-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-05-01
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2024-04-30
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    CHRISTINE, Lorna Margaret resigned
    director
  10. 2023-08-02
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2023-08-02
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  12. 2023-07-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-08-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-08-02
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    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  17. 2019-07-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-06-05
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  19. 2019-06-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  20. 2019-04-24
    ➕
    CHRISTINE, Lorna Margaret appointed
    director
  21. 2019-04-24
    ➖
    MCDONALD, Alexander Francis resigned
    director
  22. 2004-12-01
    ➕
    THORNTONS LAW LLP appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2004-11-30
    ➖
    THORNTONS WS resigned
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2001-06-02
    ➖
    COTTON, Edna Gertrude resigned
    director
  25. 1991-08-01
    ➕
    THROWER, Stephanie Alma Mary, Dr appointed
    director
  26. 1991-08-01
    ➕
    THORNTONS WS appointed
    corporate-secretary
  27. 1971-07-27
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As E. AND S. COTTON LIMITED

Owner dependency

83/100
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 35 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 88 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 88 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 35 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Thorntons Trustees Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

🏛️
Thorntons Trustees Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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E. AND S. COTTON LIMITED
This company · 01018925

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Stephanie Elizabeth Pratt
Individual · British · DOB 06/1988 · age 38
25–50%
—25-50% shares · trust interest09/07/2024
Tamara Turek
Individual · British · DOB 09/1963 · age 63
25–50%
—25-50% shares · trust interest06/04/2016
Dr Stephanie Alma Mary Thrower
Individual · British · DOB 03/1938 · age 88
25–50%
—25-50% shares · trust interest06/04/2016
Thorntons Trustees Limited
Corporate entity
25–50%
—25-50% shares · trust interest06/04/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Ms Lorna Margaret Christineceased 30/04/2024· 25-50% shares · trust interest
  • Mr Alexander Francis Mcdonaldceased 24/07/2023· 25-50% shares · trust interest

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
Incorporated1971-07-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

New Linden Upper Common
Kingston Langley
Chippenham
Wiltshire
SN15 5PE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-15
Last: 2025-08-01

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

THORNTONS LAW LLP→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PRATT, Stephanie Elizabeth→
director · ~38y · appointed 2024-07-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
THROWER, Stephanie Alma Mary, Dr→
director · ~88y · appointed 1991-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
THORNTONS WS→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1991-08-01 · resigned 2004-11-30
Resigned
CHRISTINE, Lorna Margaret→
director · ~47y · appointed 2019-04-24 · resigned 2024-04-30
Resigned
COTTON, Edna Gertrude→
director · ~115y · resigned 2001-06-02
Resigned
MCDONALD, Alexander Francis→
director · ~71y · resigned 2019-04-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (116 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-06
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-07-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-07-29
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-05-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-02
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-08-02
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-30