COASTAL RACING LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04580253 · ltd · incorporated 2002-11-01
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45112
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 45200SIC 45200
  • 45320Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories
  • 93199Other sports activities
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

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, 4 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 (1 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
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
61 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Average employees2117

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-11-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2023-10-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-11-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2022-10-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-12-20
    ➖
    BRADLEY, Maria Esther resigned
    secretary
  9. 2021-12-20
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  10. 2021-12-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2021-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-07-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-06-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2006-12-01
    ➖
    BRADLEY, Ian Howard resigned
    director
  18. 2006-09-15
    ➕
    BRADLEY, Carl appointed
    director
  19. 2006-09-15
    ➖
    BRADLEY, Maria Esther resigned
    director
  20. 2002-11-01
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As COASTAL RACING LIMITED
  21. 2002-11-01
    ➕
    BRADLEY, Maria Esther appointed
    secretary
  22. 2002-11-01
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2002-11-01
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2002-11-01
    ➕
    BRADLEY, Ian Howard appointed
    director
  25. 2002-11-01
    ➕
    BRADLEY, Maria Esther appointed
    director

Owner dependency

85/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

68/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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 Carl Bradley
Individual · British · DOB 09/1984 · age 42
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control01/11/2016

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

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-11-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45112 — SIC 45112

Registered office

Hest Bank Garage Hest Bank Lane
Slyne
Lancaster
LA2 6AH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-15
Last: 2025-11-01

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

BRADLEY, Carl→
director · ~42y · appointed 2006-09-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRADLEY, Maria Esther→
secretary · appointed 2002-11-01 · resigned 2021-12-20
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-11-01 · resigned 2002-11-01
Resigned
BRADLEY, Ian Howard→
director · ~64y · appointed 2002-11-01 · resigned 2006-12-01
Resigned
BRADLEY, Maria Esther→
director · ~63y · appointed 2002-11-01 · resigned 2006-09-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-11-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-24
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-12-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-29