CABER COFFEE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC329912 · ltd · incorporated 2007-08-28
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 18.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2025
Net worth
£593.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of coffee, tea, cocoa and spices
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 83). 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 (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 18.1y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 18.1 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 (77/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
62 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
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 £593,616
Cash YoY
+114%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£348k
↑ 114% YoY
Net Worth
£594k
↑ 16% YoY
Current Assets
£633k
↑ 50% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£127k£253k£380k£507k£633kNov 2024Nov 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-11-302024-11-30
Total assets£711.8k£666.0k
Current assets£633.2k£421.6k
Cash£347.9k£162.3k
Debtors£154.7k£129.1k
Net assets£593.6k£510.2k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-07-10
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  3. 2024-07-04
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  4. 2023-08-25
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  5. 2022-08-30
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  6. 2021-08-31
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  7. 2020-09-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-08-01
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-06-05
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  10. 2019-06-05
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    officers · TM01
  11. 2019-01-25
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    LEASK, William Dughall resigned
    secretary
  12. 2019-01-25
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    LEASK, William Dughall resigned
    director
  13. 2018-05-23
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  14. 2018-05-23
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  15. 2018-05-23
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    officers · CH01
  16. 2018-05-22
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  17. 2018-05-22
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  18. 2018-04-19
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    accounts · AA
  19. 2015-06-24
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  20. 2008-04-11
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  21. 2007-08-28
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    Company incorporated
    As CABER COFFEE LIMITED
  22. 2007-08-28
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    LEASK, Findlay Robertson appointed
    director
  23. 2007-08-28
    ➕
    LEASK, Maureen Anne appointed
    director
  24. 2007-08-28
    ➕
    LEASK, William Dughall appointed
    secretary
  25. 2007-08-28
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2007-08-28
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2007-08-28
    ➕
    LEASK, William Dughall appointed
    director
  28. 2007-08-28
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-director
  29. 2007-08-28
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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
Mr Findlay Robertson Leask
Individual · British · DOB 02/1980 · age 46
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
Miss Gemma Louise Calder
Individual · British · DOB 03/1984 · age 42
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting10/05/2018

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
Incorporated2007-08-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46370 — Wholesale of coffee, tea, cocoa and spices

Registered office

55 -57 West High Street
Inverurie
AB51 3QQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-11
Last: 2025-08-28

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

LEASK, Findlay Robertson→
director · ~46y · appointed 2007-08-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LEASK, Maureen Anne→
director · ~83y · appointed 2007-08-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LEASK, William Dughall→
secretary · appointed 2007-08-28 · resigned 2019-01-25
Resigned
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-08-28 · resigned 2007-08-28
Resigned
LEASK, William Dughall→
director · ~84y · appointed 2007-08-28 · resigned 2019-01-25
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-director · appointed 2007-08-28 · resigned 2007-08-28
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
A registered charge—24/06/2015—
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
Standard security1 property11/04/2008—
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Recent filings (62 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-08-01