CO-OPERATIVE FUTURES LTD
Company number 03944484 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Co-operative Futures Ltd presents as a financially stable, low-risk entity characterized by a debt-free balance sheet, robust cash reserves, and a decade of consistent net asset growth. However, the recent, dramatic increase in profitability and deferred income warrants scrutiny to determine if it represents sustainable operational growth or a one-off accounting anomaly. The company's lean staffing structure and significant investment in third-party co-operative bonds require careful monitoring, but overall, the company exhibits strong solvency and liquidity metrics with no immediate financial distress signals.
Shareholders' funds
£170,485
Balance sheet as at 2026-03-31
What it does
To provide direct advice and support services and to engage in debates to find mutual solutions for challenges being faced by communities.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
- Incorporated
- 2000-03-10
- Employees
- 7 (2026 accounts)
- Registered office
- City Works, Alfred Street, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL1 4DF
- Postcode
- GL1 4DF
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2026-03-31
- Next due by
- 2027-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-03-10
- Next due by
- 2027-03-24
Nature of business (SIC)
- 82990 Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified
Officers 7 current · 36 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by The People Co-Operative Limited (32344R) — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z4905071 (Tier 1), registered since 2000.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| CO-OPERATIVE FUTURES | 2015-04-19 |
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| NEW BARCLAY HOUSE 234 BOTLEY, ROAD, OXFORD, OXFORDSHIRE OX2 0HP | 2001-12-17 |
Among its peers
Top 25%
by shareholders' funds, of 1,174 similar companies in GL
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (7 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2000.
Competitors Cheltenham
This company ranks 239 among other business support service activities not elsewhere classified in Cheltenham.
The class of 2000
30%
of the 5,341 companies in this sector incorporated in 2000 are still active today; 68% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.