COER INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC133996 · ltd · incorporated 1991-09-12

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Aug 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

87 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-08-31	2023-08-31
Total assets	—	£98.0k
Current assets	—	£7.3k
Net assets	—	£98.0k
Average employees	0	—

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

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

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2002-08-15
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JACK, Nicholas Alexander resigned
director
2001-06-30
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PAVLIK, Josef resigned
director
2001-06-30
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TESAREK, Rudolf resigned
director
1995-07-07
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JACK, Nicholas Alexander appointed
director
1991-10-18
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PAVLIK, Josef appointed
director
1991-10-18
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TESAREK, Rudolf appointed
director
1991-09-12
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Company incorporated
As COER INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
1991-09-12
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JACK, Donald Macleod appointed
secretary
1991-09-12
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JACK, Donald Macleod appointed
director
1991-09-12
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JACK, Duncan William appointed
director
1991-09-12
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ALEXANDERS BUSINESS PRESS LTD appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1991-09-12
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ALEXANDERS BUSINESS PRESS LTD resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1991-09-12
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LAVASANEY, Raha appointed
director
1991-09-12
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LAVASANEY, Raha resigned
director

Owner dependency

91/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 35 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 35 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 35 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
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 Donald Macleod Jack Individual · British · DOB 12/1954 · age 72	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	14/08/2016

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

Incorporated1991-09-12

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

21 Provost Cordiner Road

Provost Cordiner Road

Ellon

Aberdeen Shire

AB41 9BZ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-05-30

Last made up to: 2024-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-29

Last: 2025-08-15

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

JACK, Donald Macleod→

secretary · appointed 1991-09-12

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Active

JACK, Donald Macleod→

director · ~72y · appointed 1991-09-12

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Active

JACK, Duncan William→

director · ~72y · appointed 1991-09-12

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Active

ALEXANDERS BUSINESS PRESS LTD→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1991-09-12 · resigned 1991-09-12

Resigned

JACK, Nicholas Alexander→

director · ~76y · appointed 1995-07-07 · resigned 2002-08-15

Resigned

LAVASANEY, Raha→

director · ~62y · appointed 1991-09-12 · resigned 1991-09-12

Resigned

PAVLIK, Josef→

director · ~60y · appointed 1991-10-18 · resigned 2001-06-30

Resigned

TESAREK, Rudolf→

director · ~62y · appointed 1991-10-18 · resigned 2001-06-30

Resigned

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