COASTAL COLOUR PRINT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03990633 · ltd · incorporated 2000-05-11
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
£25.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 18129
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
60 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £25,096
Net assets shrinking
Down £8,026 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£25k
↓ 24% YoY
Current Assets
£2k
↑ 17% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£7k£13k£20k£26k£33kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£25.1k£33.1k
Current assets£2.5k£2.1k
Net assets£25.1k£33.1k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-29
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  2. 2024-11-14
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  3. 2023-11-16
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  4. 2022-10-27
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  5. 2021-11-17
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  6. 2020-11-18
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  7. 2019-11-25
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  8. 2018-11-27
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  9. 2017-11-16
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  10. 2016-11-21
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  11. 2016-05-31
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  12. 2015-10-09
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  13. 2015-05-25
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  14. 2014-11-24
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  15. 2014-05-27
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  16. 2000-05-11
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    Company incorporated
    As COASTAL COLOUR PRINT LIMITED
  17. 2000-05-11
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    EBORALL, Julie appointed
    secretary
  18. 2000-05-11
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    EBORALL, Christopher James appointed
    director
  19. 2000-05-11
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    EBORALL, Julie appointed
    director
  20. 2000-05-11
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    YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
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  21. 2000-05-11
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    YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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  22. 2000-05-11
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    YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2000-05-11
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    YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Christopher James Eborall
Individual · British · DOB 04/1952 · age 74
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2000-05-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC18129 — SIC 18129

Registered office

29 Cornelian Drive
Scarborough
North Yorkshire
YO11 3AL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-11
Last: 2026-04-27

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

EBORALL, Julie→
secretary · appointed 2000-05-11
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Active
EBORALL, Christopher James→
director · ~74y · appointed 2000-05-11
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Active
EBORALL, Julie→
director · ~66y · appointed 2000-05-11
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Active
YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-05-11 · resigned 2000-05-11
Resigned
YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-05-11 · resigned 2000-05-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (60 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-27
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2025-10-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-12
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accounts · AA
2024-11-14
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-04
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accounts · AA
2023-11-16
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-11
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accounts · AA
2022-10-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-18
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-11-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-05-13