VELVET COASTER
🌳Matureactive
00861472 · private-unlimited · incorporated 1965-10-14
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
- · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (76/100)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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
15 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
103 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-03📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-07-27➖THOMPSON, Barbara Joan resigneddirector
- 2021-03-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-02-17📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-11-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2015-04-22📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2013-11-15➖CAM, David Edward resignedsecretary
- 2004-06-23➖THOMPSON, Lilian Doris resigneddirector
- 2004-06-12➖THOMPSON, William Geoffrey resigneddirector
- 2001-10-31➖THOMPSON, Nicholas William Robert resigneddirector
- 1997-04-03➕GILJE, Fiona Carolyn appointeddirector
- 1997-04-03➕THOMPSON, Amanda Jean appointeddirector
- 1996-10-25➕THOMPSON, Nicholas William Robert appointeddirector
- 1965-10-14🏢Company incorporatedAs VELVET COASTER
Owner dependency
76/100
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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
86/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 61 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Blackpool Pleasure Beach (Holdings) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Blackpool Pleasure Beach (Holdings) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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VELVET COASTER
This company · 00861472
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 |
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Blackpool Pleasure Beach (Holdings) Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 30/06/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| ALTA VITA EVENTS LTD→ 15885535 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| AXON ENTERTAINMENTS LIMITED→ 14247709 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| B K BAMBER BRIDGE LIMITED→ 16868823 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| B.S.S.M.C. LIMITED→ 04825164 · est 2003 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 22y | — | — |
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| BIG FOOT EVENTS LIMITED→ 05421200 · est 2005 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 21y | — | — |
| BLACKPOOL F.C. COMMUNITY TRUST→ 06808212 · est 2009 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 17y | — | — |
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| BLACKPOOL GRAND THEATRE (ARTS & ENTERTAINMENTS) LIMITED→ 02825229 · est 1993 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 32y | — | — |
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeprivate-unlimited
Incorporated1965-10-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93290 — Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.
Registered office
Ocean Boulevard
South Shore
Blackpool
Lancashire
FY4 1EZ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: —
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-06
Last: 2026-01-23
Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)
GILJE, Fiona Carolyn→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 1997-04-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
THOMPSON, Amanda Jean→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 1997-04-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CAM, David Edward→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2013-11-15
THOMPSON, Barbara Joan→
Resigneddirector · ~87y · resigned 2021-07-27
THOMPSON, Lilian Doris→
Resigneddirector · ~123y · resigned 2004-06-23
THOMPSON, Nicholas William Robert→
Resigneddirector · ~58y · appointed 1996-10-25 · resigned 2001-10-31
THOMPSON, William Geoffrey→
Resigneddirector · ~90y · resigned 2004-06-12
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Recent filings (103 total)
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-08-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-01-04