COASTLINE ADHESIVE TAPES LIMITED

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SC163345 · ltd · incorporated 1996-02-13

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

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£1.01M

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Agents involved in the sale of a variety of goods

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 26.4y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 26.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

10 officers (5 active, 10 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

8 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

98 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,014,902

Cash YoY

-23%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£324k

↓ 23% YoY

Net Worth

£1.0m

~ YoY

Current Assets

£1.5m

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£1.11M	£1.15M
Current assets	£1.47M	£1.46M
Cash	£323.8k	£417.8k
Debtors	£1.03M	£912.6k
Net assets	£1.01M	£1.01M

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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

• 10 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 10 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand

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Charge satisfied #1
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2009-01-29
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MATHIESON, Greig Miller appointed
secretary
2009-01-29
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MATHIESON, Calan Scott appointed
director
2009-01-29
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MATHIESON, Greig Miller appointed
director
2009-01-29
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MATHIESON, Sally Aitchison resigned
secretary
2009-01-29
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MATHIESON, James resigned
director
2006-03-31
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MACFARLANE, Stuart William resigned
director
2002-11-01
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GREIG, Fiona Catherine, Walls appointed
director
2002-01-02
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WILSON, Robert Barnett appointed
director
1999-12-17
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1999-05-03
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MACFARLANE, Stuart William appointed
director
1996-02-13
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Company incorporated
As COASTLINE ADHESIVE TAPES LIMITED
1996-02-13
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MATHIESON, Sally Aitchison appointed
secretary
1996-02-13
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REID, Brian appointed
nominee-secretary
1996-02-13
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REID, Brian resigned
nominee-secretary
1996-02-13
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MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
nominee-director
1996-02-13
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MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
nominee-director
1996-02-13
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MATHIESON, James appointed
director

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

-4 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

80/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

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.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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.)

Group structure

Coastline Adhesive Tapes (Holdings) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Coastline Adhesive Tapes (Holdings) Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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COASTLINE ADHESIVE TAPES LIMITED

This company · SC163345

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Coastline Adhesive Tapes (Holdings) Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1996-02-13

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC46190 — Agents involved in the sale of a variety of goods

Registered office

8 Skye Road

Shaw Farm Industrial Estate

Prestwick

Ayrshire

KA9 2TA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-27

Last: 2026-02-13

Officers (5 active · 5 resigned)

MATHIESON, Greig Miller→

secretary · appointed 2009-01-29

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Active

GREIG, Fiona Catherine, Walls→

director · ~65y · appointed 2002-11-01

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Active

MATHIESON, Calan Scott→

director · ~51y · appointed 2009-01-29

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Active

MATHIESON, Greig Miller→

director · ~48y · appointed 2009-01-29

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Active

WILSON, Robert Barnett→

director · ~55y · appointed 2002-01-02

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Active

MATHIESON, Sally Aitchison→

secretary · appointed 1996-02-13 · resigned 2009-01-29

Resigned

REID, Brian→

nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-02-13 · resigned 1996-02-13

Resigned

MABBOTT, Stephen→

nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1996-02-13 · resigned 1996-02-13

Resigned

MACFARLANE, Stuart William→

director · ~65y · appointed 1999-05-03 · resigned 2006-03-31

Resigned

MATHIESON, James→

director · ~73y · appointed 1996-02-13 · resigned 2009-01-29

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Bond & floating charge	1 property	17/12/1999	07/06/2021