COZBER LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
SC627205 · ltd · incorporated 2019-04-10
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 5.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£32.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Hotels and similar accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 5.8y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 5.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
16 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £32,841
Net assets shrinking
Down £16,438 YoY
Cash YoY
+1%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£40k
~ YoY
Net Worth
£33k
↓ 33% YoY
Current Assets
£346k
↑ 33% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-01-31 | 2024-01-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £40.9k | £72.4k |
| Current assets | £346.4k | £260.5k |
| Cash | £39.7k | £39.4k |
| Debtors | £301.7k | £218.6k |
| Net assets | £32.8k | £49.3k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 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
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
- 2025-04-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-28📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2020-07-06📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-06-26🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2019-04-10🏢Company incorporatedAs COZBER LTD
- 2019-04-10➕BERWICK, Alan Simon appointeddirector
- 2019-04-10➕COZMA, Nicoleta Camelia appointeddirector
- 2019-04-10📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
63/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Nicoleta Camelia Cozma Individual · Romanian · DOB 10/1983 · age 43 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 10/04/2019 |
Mr Alan Simon Berwick Individual · British · DOB 10/1975 · age 51 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 10/04/2019 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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| CAFE CONNECT @ THE MADOCH CENTRE LTD→ SC722424 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| CALEY LEASING LIMITED→ SC876647 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| CASTLE GRANT LTD→ SC831358 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| COFFEE AT THE ROSE HOUSE LIMITED→ SC554854 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| COUPAR FOODS LTD→ SC777174 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| COW AND PARROT LIMITED→ SC846687 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| CRABBITMIDGE LTD→ SC625062 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| CRIEFF HYDRO LIMITED→ SC000268 · est 1867 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 158y | — | — |
| CROFT 52 CABINS LIMITED→ SC850883 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| CROFTDOUGLAS VACATION & LEISURE SERVICES LTD→ SC683040 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 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.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2019-04-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation
Registered office
62d Carnegie Place
Perth
PH1 5ED
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-23
Last: 2026-04-09
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
BERWICK, Alan Simon→
Activedirector · ~51y · appointed 2019-04-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
COZMA, Nicoleta Camelia→
Activedirector · ~43y · appointed 2019-04-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 26/06/2020 | — |
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Recent filings (16 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-15
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-01-28
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2020-07-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-23