WEST COAST SEA PRODUCTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC048969 · ltd · incorporated 1971-07-20

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 52.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

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Net worth

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Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 10200

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

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

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 3 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · oldest 52.2y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 52.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (58/100)

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

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

12 officers (6 active, 12 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

126 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand

2026-03-02
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officers · AP01
2026-02-27
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officers · AP01
2026-02-25
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KING, Alice Jane appointed
director
2026-02-25
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KING, Callum John appointed
director
2026-02-02
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2025-02-03
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accounts · AA
2024-05-03
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accounts · AA
2023-05-03
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accounts · AA
2022-02-02
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accounts · AA
2021-05-28
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accounts · AA
2020-10-27
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KING, Stuart William Campbell appointed
director
2020-10-27
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officers · AP01
2020-01-31
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accounts · AA
2019-02-01
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accounts · AA
2018-02-01
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accounts · AA
2017-02-08
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accounts · AA
2016-04-25
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2016-02-17
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accounts · AA
2014-11-03
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KING, Patricia Jeannie Thom resigned
director
2012-11-30
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KUIS-KING, Jane Ann resigned
director
2012-05-09
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KING, Patricia Jeannie Thom appointed
director
2012-05-09
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KING, Patricia Jeannie Thom resigned
director
2012-05-08
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KING, Patricia Jeannie Thom appointed
director
2012-04-17
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KING, John resigned
director
2012-04-17
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KING, Patricia Jeannie Thom resigned
director
2002-01-30
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KING, Jacqueline Alison Aitken appointed
director
2001-02-01
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KING, Patricia Jeannie Thom resigned
secretary
2001-01-15
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KING, Jacqueline Alison Aitken appointed
secretary
1992-09-23
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Charge registered #3
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1992-09-23
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1974-03-02
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1971-07-20
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Company incorporated
As WEST COAST SEA PRODUCTS LIMITED

Owner dependency

73/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100

Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — KING, Alice Jane (same surname) appointed 2026-02-25. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr John Wilson King Individual · British · DOB 04/1961 · age 65	50–75%	50–75%	board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control	16/04/2017

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

Incorporated1971-07-20

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC10200 — SIC 10200

Registered office

Dee Walk

Kirkcudbright

DG6 4DQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last: 2026-04-16