COEFFICIENT CARE LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
08800406 · ltd · incorporated 2013-12-03
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-9.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of open-ended investment companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (83/100)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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
38 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £9,553
Cash YoY
+394%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£230k
↑ 394% YoY
Net Worth
-£10k
↑ 88% YoY
Current Assets
£232k
↑ 3.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-9.6k | £-77.1k |
| Current assets | £231.8k | £223.3k |
| Cash | £230.0k | £46.6k |
| Debtors | £564 | £1.5k |
| Net assets | £-9.6k | £-77.1k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-24📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-05-24📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-01-20📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-01-17📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2022-12-02📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-12-01➕CRITCHLEY, Michael John appointeddirector
- 2022-11-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-05-18📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2018-05-18📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2018-05-18📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2018-03-29➖HEATON, Russell resigneddirector
- 2013-12-03🏢Company incorporatedAs COEFFICIENT CARE LIMITED
- 2013-12-03➕LANCASTER, Sam appointeddirector
- 2013-12-03➕HEATON, Russell appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong 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.
- 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Michael John Critchley Individual · British · DOB 05/1975 · age 51 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 30/12/2022 |
Mr Sam Lancaster Individual · British · DOB 06/1952 · age 74 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 29/03/2018 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Woodlands Care Grp Ltdceased 29/03/2018· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-12-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64304 — Activities of open-ended investment companies
Registered office
41 St. Thomas's Road
Chorley
PR7 1JE
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-01
Last: 2026-05-18
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
CRITCHLEY, Michael John→
Activedirector · ~51y · appointed 2022-12-01
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LANCASTER, Sam→
Activedirector · ~74y · appointed 2013-12-03
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HEATON, Russell→
Resigneddirector · ~66y · appointed 2013-12-03 · resigned 2018-03-29
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Recent filings (38 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-24
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-05-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-05-24
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-01-20
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2023-01-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-03