WEST COAST DESIGN & PRINT LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC302588 · ltd · incorporated 2006-05-18
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 19.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
£104.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Photocopying, document preparation and other specialised office support activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). 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 19.1y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 19.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
52 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £104,844

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£105k
↑ 11% YoY
Current Assets
£118k
↑ 9.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£24k£47k£71k£95k£118kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£106.0k£103.4k
Current assets£118.2k£108.0k
Net assets£104.8k£94.2k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
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 (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-26
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  2. 2025-02-26
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  3. 2024-02-22
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  4. 2023-02-28
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  5. 2022-03-23
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  6. 2021-02-26
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  7. 2020-02-28
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  8. 2019-02-27
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  9. 2018-02-26
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  10. 2017-02-23
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  11. 2016-06-03
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  12. 2016-02-04
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  13. 2016-02-02
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  14. 2016-02-02
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    Charge satisfied #1
  15. 2015-06-05
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  16. 2015-02-27
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  17. 2007-04-19
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  18. 2006-05-18
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    Company incorporated
    As WEST COAST DESIGN & PRINT LTD.
  19. 2006-05-18
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    ROSS, Michael appointed
    secretary
  20. 2006-05-18
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    CAMPBELL, Scott appointed
    director
  21. 2006-05-18
    ➕
    ROSS, Michael appointed
    director
  22. 2006-05-18
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    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2006-05-18
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    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
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  24. 2006-05-18
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    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2006-05-18
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    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
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  26. 2006-05-18
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    PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2006-05-18
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    PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Scott Campbell
Individual · British · DOB 04/1977 · age 49
25–50%
—25-50% shares08/11/2016
Michael Ross
Individual · British · DOB 08/1963 · age 63
25–50%
—25-50% shares08/11/2016

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
Incorporated2006-05-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82190 — Photocopying, document preparation and other specialised office support activities

Registered office

179a Dalrymple Street
Greenock
PA15 1BX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last: 2026-04-16

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

ROSS, Michael→
secretary · appointed 2006-05-18
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Active
CAMPBELL, Scott→
director · ~49y · appointed 2006-05-18
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Active
ROSS, Michael→
director · ~63y · appointed 2006-05-18
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Active
PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-05-18 · resigned 2006-05-18
Resigned
PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-05-18 · resigned 2006-05-18
Resigned
PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-05-18 · resigned 2006-05-18
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property19/04/200702/02/2016

Recent filings (52 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-07
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2026-02-26
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2025-05-12
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accounts · AA
2025-02-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-22
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accounts · AA
2022-03-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-04
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accounts · AA
2020-02-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-05-03