COCAINE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04769545 · ltd · incorporated 2003-05-19
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 May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 11070
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 14190SIC 14190
  • 32120SIC 32120
  • 59112Video production activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). 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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
63 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  2. 2024-09-10
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  3. 2023-09-18
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  4. 2023-01-17
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  5. 2022-01-05
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  6. 2021-04-09
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  7. 2019-12-12
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  8. 2018-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  9. 2018-01-04
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  10. 2017-02-28
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-06-03
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  12. 2016-02-26
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  13. 2015-07-16
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    address · AD01
  14. 2015-05-20
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  15. 2015-02-12
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  16. 2012-07-25
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    KENNETH, Merja resigned
    secretary
  17. 2003-05-19
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    Company incorporated
    As COCAINE LIMITED
  18. 2003-05-19
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    SCREW YOU, Jebaraj appointed
    director
  19. 2003-05-19
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    KENNETH, Merja appointed
    secretary

Owner dependency

93/100
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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong 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.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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 Jeb Screw You
Individual · British · DOB 12/1962 · age 64
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · trust interest · firm interest22/05/2016

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
Incorporated2003-05-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC11070 — SIC 11070

Registered office

18 Sandtoft Close, Lincoln
Sandtoft Close
Lincoln
LN6 3PE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-29
Last: 2025-11-15

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

SCREW YOU, Jebaraj→
director · ~64y · appointed 2003-05-19
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Active
KENNETH, Merja→
secretary · appointed 2003-05-19 · resigned 2012-07-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (63 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-01-05
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-04-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-05-30