COWS & CO FOOD LIMITED
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Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 8.3y
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 8.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (73/100)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.
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsFinancials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2023-07-31 |
|---|---|
| Average employees | 1400 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
2 signals 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
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2025-04-10📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2025-04-10🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2025-02-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2024-05-02📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-23📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-05-11➖CALLANDER, William Mark resigneddirector
- 2023-05-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-05📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-02-04➖CROUCH, Peter James resigneddirector
- 2020-05-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-27➖MACLENNAN, Stuart Alexander resigneddirector
- 2020-02-27📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2019-04-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-02-12📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2018-02-08🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Npif Tvc Debt LP Acting by Tvc Loans Npif Gp Limited as the General Partner of Npif Tvc Debt LP Acting by Fw Capital Limited.
- 2017-11-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-06-21📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2016-05-05🏢Company incorporatedAs COWS & CO FOOD LIMITED
- 2016-05-05➕WALTON, Maurice Tom appointeddirector
- 2016-05-05➕CALLANDER, William Mark appointeddirector
- 2016-05-05➕CROUCH, Peter James appointeddirector
- 2016-05-05➕MACLENNAN, Stuart Alexander appointeddirector
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanGroup structure
Cows & Co Group Limited 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Cows & Co Group Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 04/05/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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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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Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Npif Tvc Debt LP Acting by Tvc Loans Npif Gp as the General Partner of Npif Tvc Debt LP Acting by Fw Capital . Npif Tvc Debt LP Acting by Tvc Loans Npif Gp Limited as the General Partner of Npif Tvc Debt LP Acting by Fw Capital Limited. | A registered charge | 2 properties | 08/02/2018 | 10/04/2025 |