COOPER BROS LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC376259 · ltd · incorporated 2010-04-06
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 11.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Leverage-led grower with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (85/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · oldest 11.0y

95/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 11.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
  • · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

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
75
Lenders & charges
5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 7 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
56 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

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

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Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £342,273

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£968k£1.9m£2.9m£3.9m£4.8mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Profit before tax£342.3k—
Total assets—£3.97M
Current assets—£4.84M
Cash—£1.81M
Debtors—£1.76M
Net assets—£3.74M
Average employees63—

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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  2. 2025-11-27
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  3. 2025-11-24
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  4. 2025-03-21
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  5. 2023-12-29
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  6. 2022-10-20
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  7. 2021-10-11
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  8. 2021-03-09
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  9. 2019-12-24
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  10. 2018-12-27
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  11. 2018-01-08
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  12. 2017-12-27
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  13. 2017-05-04
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    mortgage · MR01
  14. 2017-04-20
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  15. 2017-01-06
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  16. 2017-01-06
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  17. 2016-05-07
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  18. 2016-04-07
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    COOPER, Ellen Humes resigned
    director
  19. 2016-04-07
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    COOPER, Marion resigned
    director
  20. 2016-04-06
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  21. 2015-06-05
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  22. 2015-06-05
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  23. 2015-04-01
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    COOPER, Ellen Humes appointed
    director
  24. 2015-04-01
    ➕
    COOPER, Marion appointed
    director
  25. 2014-12-31
    ➕
    COOPER, Robert Ewing Hall appointed
    director
  26. 2014-07-26
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    COOPER, Robert Ewing Hall resigned
    director
  27. 2010-04-06
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    Company incorporated
    As COOPER BROS LTD.
  28. 2010-04-06
    ➕
    COOPER, John Mccammont appointed
    director
  29. 2010-04-06
    ➕
    TRAINER, Peter appointed
    secretary
  30. 2010-04-06
    ➖
    TRAINER, Peter resigned
    secretary
  31. 2010-04-06
    ➕
    COOPER, Robert Ewing Hall appointed
    director
  32. 2010-04-06
    ➕
    MCINTOSH, Susan appointed
    director
  33. 2010-04-06
    ➖
    MCINTOSH, Susan resigned
    director
  34. 2010-04-06
    ➕
    TRAINER, Peter appointed
    director
  35. 2010-04-06
    ➖
    TRAINER, Peter resigned
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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 "COOPER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 low
5 live charges
low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Shareholders & ownership

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Robert Ewing Hall Cooper
Individual · British · DOB 07/1970 · age 56
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/06/2016
Mrs Marion Cooper
Individual · British · DOB 01/1948 · age 78
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/06/2016
Mrs Ellen Humes Cooper
Individual · British · DOB 01/1942 · age 84
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/06/2016
Mr John Mccammont Cooper
Individual · British · DOB 12/1944 · age 82
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/06/2016

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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-04-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45320 — Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories

Registered office

Cooper Bros
Overtown Road
Wishaw
ML2 8HF
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-20
Last: 2026-04-06

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

COOPER, John Mccammont→
director · ~82y · appointed 2010-04-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COOPER, Robert Ewing Hall→
director · ~56y · appointed 2014-12-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TRAINER, Peter→
secretary · appointed 2010-04-06 · resigned 2010-04-06
Resigned
COOPER, Ellen Humes→
director · ~84y · appointed 2015-04-01 · resigned 2016-04-07
Resigned
COOPER, Marion→
director · ~78y · appointed 2015-04-01 · resigned 2016-04-07
Resigned
COOPER, Robert Ewing Hall→
director · ~86y · appointed 2010-04-06 · resigned 2014-07-26
Resigned
MCINTOSH, Susan→
director · ~56y · appointed 2010-04-06 · resigned 2010-04-06
Resigned
TRAINER, Peter→
director · ~74y · appointed 2010-04-06 · resigned 2010-04-06
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

5
Total charges
5
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property20/04/2017—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property07/05/2016—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property06/04/2016—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—05/06/2015—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—05/06/2015—
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Recent filings (56 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
change-person-director-company
officers · CH01
2025-11-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2025-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-14