WEST COAST CAPITAL (RETAIL PARKS) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC219194 · ltd · incorporated 2001-05-15
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 19.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
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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: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 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

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 19.1y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 19.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
11 officers (5 active, 11 linked, 5 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
22 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
89 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees00

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-04-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  6. 2021-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-06-18
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2021-06-17
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    DAVIDSON, Paul Richmond resigned
    director
  9. 2021-01-07
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2021-01-06
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    CUMMINGS, Peter Joseph appointed
    director
  11. 2020-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-04-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2018-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-09-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2018-09-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2018-09-27
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  18. 2018-09-27
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  19. 2018-02-17
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    Charge satisfied #2
  20. 2016-02-29
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    SEALES, Sharon appointed
    director
  21. 2012-11-08
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Uberior Ventures Limited
  22. 2007-11-30
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    MURRAY, Kirsty Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  23. 2007-04-12
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  24. 2006-07-28
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    DAVIDSON, Paul Richmond appointed
    director
  25. 2006-05-22
    ➕
    SEALES, Sharon appointed
    secretary
  26. 2006-05-22
    ➖
    MCCLUSKEY, Brian resigned
    secretary
  27. 2002-06-28
    ➕
    MCCLUSKEY, Brian appointed
    secretary
  28. 2002-06-28
    ➖
    MCMAHON, James Cairns resigned
    secretary
  29. 2002-06-28
    ➖
    HUNTER, Thomas Blane, Sir resigned
    director
  30. 2001-06-06
    ➕
    MCMAHON, James Cairns appointed
    director
  31. 2001-06-06
    ➕
    MCMAHON, James Cairns appointed
    secretary
  32. 2001-06-06
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  33. 2001-06-06
    ➕
    HUNTER, Thomas Blane, Sir appointed
    director
  34. 2001-06-06
    ➖
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  35. 2001-05-15
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    Company incorporated
    As WEST COAST CAPITAL (RETAIL PARKS) LIMITED
  36. 2001-05-15
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  37. 2001-05-15
    ➕
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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

West Coast Capital Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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West Coast Capital Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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WEST COAST CAPITAL (RETAIL PARKS) LIMITED
This company · SC219194

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
West Coast Capital Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares30/06/2016

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

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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2001-05-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

Marathon House
Olympic Business Park
Drybridge Road, Dundonald
Ayrshire
KA2 9AE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-30
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-20
Last: 2026-05-06

Officers (5 active · 6 resigned)

MURRAY, Kirsty Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2007-11-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SEALES, Sharon→
secretary · appointed 2006-05-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CUMMINGS, Peter Joseph→
director · ~71y · appointed 2021-01-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCMAHON, James Cairns→
director · ~77y · appointed 2001-06-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SEALES, Sharon→
director · ~50y · appointed 2016-02-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCCLUSKEY, Brian→
secretary · appointed 2002-06-28 · resigned 2006-05-22
Resigned
MCMAHON, James Cairns→
secretary · appointed 2001-06-06 · resigned 2002-06-28
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-05-15 · resigned 2001-06-06
Resigned
DAVIDSON, Paul Richmond→
director · ~61y · appointed 2006-07-28 · resigned 2021-06-17
Resigned
HUNTER, Thomas Blane, Sir→
director · ~65y · appointed 2001-06-06 · resigned 2002-06-28
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-05-15 · resigned 2001-06-06
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Uberior Ventures
Uberior Ventures Limited
Floating charge1 property08/11/201217/02/2018
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Floating charge1 property12/04/2007—
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Recent filings (89 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2022-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-22
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-18