NORTH COAST GRIP SOLUTIONS LTD

💤Zombieactive

NI679981 · ltd · incorporated 2021-06-11

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

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

£6.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

71/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Motion picture production activities

Sector: Information & communication

Investor take

Pursue

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

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -60% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

9 filings

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

71/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £6,107

Cash draining

Cash down 60% YoY

Cash YoY

-60%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£3k

↓ 60% YoY

Net Worth

£6k

↑ 12% YoY

Current Assets

£5k

↓ 55% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£9.3k	£9.1k
Current assets	£5.3k	£11.7k
Cash	£3.3k	£8.3k
Debtors	£2.0k	£3.4k
Net assets	£6.1k	£5.4k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (7 events)Click to expand

2026-03-27
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accounts · AA
2025-04-10
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accounts · AA
2024-05-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-11
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Company incorporated
As NORTH COAST GRIP SOLUTIONS LTD
2021-06-11
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WHELAN, Donn Connor appointed
director
2021-06-11
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100

Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Donn Connor Whelan Individual · Irish · DOB 08/1995 · age 31	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	11/06/2021

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2021-06-11

Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland

Primary SIC59111 — Motion picture production activities

Registered office

107 Glendun Road

Cushendun

Ballymena

BT44 0PZ

Northern Ireland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-08

Last: 2025-07-25

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

WHELAN, Donn Connor→

director · ~31y · appointed 2021-06-11

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Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (9 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-03-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-08-19

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-04-10

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-09-10

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-05-02

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-08-29

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-04-25

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-07-25

incorporation-company

incorporation · NEWINC

2021-06-11