COPPENRATH & WIESE (UK) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC073174 · ltd · incorporated 1980-11-19

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

14 officers (3 active, 14 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

112 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Total assets	—	£1.72M
Current assets	—	£1.80M
Cash	—	£1.03M
Debtors	—	£774.4k
Net assets	—	£1.24M
Average employees	14	—

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand

2026-03-16
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accounts · AA
2025-08-12
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address · AD01
2025-02-04
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accounts · AA
2024-04-08
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officers · AP01
2024-04-01
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VON BOCKUM, Kasper appointed
director
2024-03-07
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-03-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-02-29
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SCHMIDT, Peter resigned
director
2023-02-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-02-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-02-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-03-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2019-03-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2018-03-15
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accounts · AA
2017-03-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2016-07-26
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2016-03-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2016-03-09
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MOLLMANN, Martin resigned
director
2016-03-09
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SCHMIDT, Peter appointed
director
2010-02-11
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WALLMEIER, Andreas appointed
secretary
2010-02-11
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WALLMEIER, Andreas appointed
director
2010-02-11
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VAN KESTEREN, Weinand Jacob resigned
secretary
2010-02-11
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VAN KESTEREN, Weinand Jacob resigned
director
2010-01-11
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PACHE, Andreas resigned
secretary
2010-01-11
➕
VAN KESTEREN, Weinand Jacob appointed
secretary
2010-01-11
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PACHE, Andreas resigned
director
2010-01-11
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VAN KESTEREN, Weinand Jacob appointed
director
2005-03-09
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COPPENRATH, Aloys resigned
director
2005-03-09
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MOLLMANN, Martin appointed
director
2005-03-09
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PACHE, Andreas appointed
director
2005-03-09
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WIESE, Josef resigned
director
1990-05-01
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BUGIEL, Rudolf Georg resigned
secretary
1990-05-01
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PACHE, Andreas appointed
secretary
1990-05-01
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BUGIEL, Klaus Peter resigned
director
1990-05-01
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BUGIEL, Rudolf Georg resigned
director
1990-05-01
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COPPENRATH, Aloys appointed
director
1990-05-01
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WIESE, Josef appointed
director
1980-11-19
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Company incorporated
As COPPENRATH & WIESE (UK) LIMITED

Owner dependency

76/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Andreas Wallmeier Individual · German · DOB 03/1964 · age 62	—	—	board controlboard control	06/04/2016
Peter Schmidt Individual · German · DOB 02/1961 · age 65	—	—	board controlboard control	06/04/2016

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

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1980-11-19

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC46390 — Non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco

Registered office

Titanium 1 King's Inch Place

Renfrew

PA4 8WF

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-03

Last: 2025-07-20

Officers (3 active · 11 resigned)

WALLMEIER, Andreas→

secretary · appointed 2010-02-11

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Active

VON BOCKUM, Kasper→

director · ~44y · appointed 2024-04-01

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Active

WALLMEIER, Andreas→

director · ~62y · appointed 2010-02-11

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Active

BUGIEL, Rudolf Georg→

secretary · resigned 1990-05-01

Resigned

PACHE, Andreas→

secretary · appointed 1990-05-01 · resigned 2010-01-11

Resigned

VAN KESTEREN, Weinand Jacob→

secretary · appointed 2010-01-11 · resigned 2010-02-11

Resigned

BUGIEL, Klaus Peter→

director · ~74y · resigned 1990-05-01

Resigned

BUGIEL, Rudolf Georg→

director · ~81y · resigned 1990-05-01

Resigned

COPPENRATH, Aloys→

director · ~93y · appointed 1990-05-01 · resigned 2005-03-09

Resigned

MOLLMANN, Martin→

director · ~75y · appointed 2005-03-09 · resigned 2016-03-09

Resigned

PACHE, Andreas→

director · ~82y · appointed 2005-03-09 · resigned 2010-01-11

Resigned

SCHMIDT, Peter→

director · ~65y · appointed 2016-03-09 · resigned 2024-02-29

Resigned

VAN KESTEREN, Weinand Jacob→

director · ~68y · appointed 2010-01-11 · resigned 2010-02-11

Resigned

WIESE, Josef→

director · ~94y · appointed 1990-05-01 · resigned 2005-03-09

Resigned

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Recent filings (112 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2026-03-16

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2025-08-12

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-07-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2025-02-04

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-07-22

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2024-04-08

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2024-03-07

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2024-03-06

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-07-20

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2023-02-21

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-07-25

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2022-02-04

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-08-06

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2021-02-15

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-07-28