LCC COATINGS LTD

🌿Early-stageactive

NI711466 · ltd · incorporated 2024-03-08

Investment thesis

Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.

Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.

Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Treatment and coating of metals

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

21 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

10 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31
Average employees	500

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

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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 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand

2025-12-08
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accounts · AA
2025-12-03
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-18
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officers · CH01
2025-09-23
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-09-23
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-09-23
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-03-27
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officers · AP01
2025-03-20
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LOUGHRAN, Laura appointed
director
2024-03-08
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Company incorporated
As LCC COATINGS LTD
2024-03-08
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LOUGHRAN, Daniel appointed
director
2024-03-08
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LOUGHRAN, Michael Cornelius appointed
director
2024-03-08
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LOUGHRAN, Michael Oliver appointed
director
2024-03-08
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QUINN, Geraldine appointed
director
2024-03-08
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incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

68/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+Young company: Only 2.2 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

20/100

No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — LOUGHRAN, Daniel (same surname) appointed 2024-03-08. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.

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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Daniel Loughran Individual · Irish · DOB 10/1978 · age 48	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	08/03/2024
Mr Michael Oliver Loughran Individual · Irish · DOB 07/1976 · age 50	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	08/03/2024

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Lcc Asset Holdings Limitedceased 08/03/2024· 75-100% shares · 75-100% 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

Incorporated2024-03-08

Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland

Primary SIC25610 — Treatment and coating of metals

Registered office

16 Churchtown Road

Cookstown

County Tyrone

BT80 9XD

Northern Ireland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-21

Last: 2026-03-07