COALTOWN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

08501140 · ltd · incorporated 2013-04-23

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 8.3y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£572.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

77/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 10832

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 8.3y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 8.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared

Director network

8 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

56 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

77/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £572,580

Cash YoY

+25%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£257k

↑ 25% YoY

Net Worth

£573k

↑ 8.6% YoY

Current Assets

£519k

↑ 5.6% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£735.5k	£690.1k
Current assets	£518.9k	£491.2k
Cash	£256.7k	£204.9k
Debtors	£98.3k	£116.0k
Net assets	£572.6k	£527.2k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand

2026-02-04
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accounts · AA
2026-02-03
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-06
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JAMES, Paula Jennine resigned
secretary
2025-11-06
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officers · TM02
2025-08-12
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-08-11
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CLARKE, Joshua Luke Hamblin resigned
director
2025-01-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-05
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officers · AP01
2024-07-25
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JONES, Sarah Elizabeth appointed
director
2024-01-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
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gazette · DISS40
2022-09-27
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gazette · GAZ1
2022-06-23
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-06-13
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CLARKE, Joshua Luke Hamblin appointed
director
2022-05-04
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-04-25
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HAIMES, Nicholas Stewart appointed
director
2022-01-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-08
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2021-04-08
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Charge satisfied #1
2021-04-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-22
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-12-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2019-12-10
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2019-07-08
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2018-02-27
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JAMES, Gordon Scott appointed
director
2018-02-21
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Shawbrook Bank Limited
2015-01-01
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JAMES, Gordon Scott resigned
director
2014-03-01
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JAMES, Gordon Angus appointed
director
2013-07-04
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JAMES, Paula Jennine appointed
director
2013-04-23
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Company incorporated
As COALTOWN LIMITED
2013-04-23
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JAMES, Paula Jennine appointed
secretary
2013-04-23
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JAMES, Gordon Scott appointed
director

Owner dependency

56/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

53/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

2 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: JAMES, Paula Jennine resigned 2025-11-06; CLARKE, Joshua Luke Hamblin resigned 2025-08-11

Group structure

Sieffre Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Sieffre Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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COALTOWN LIMITED

This company · 08501140

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
Sieffre Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	25/06/2019

4 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Gordon Scott Jamesceased 25/06/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mr Gordon Angus Jamesceased 25/06/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mrs Paula Jennine Jamesceased 25/06/2019· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control
Mrs Paula Jennine Jamesceased 25/06/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

Incorporated2013-04-23

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC10832 — SIC 10832

Registered office

The Roastery

Foundry Road

Ammanford

Carmarthenshire

SA18 2LS

Wales

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-19

Last: 2025-07-05