REACH COAL SEAM GAS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC351558 · ltd · incorporated 2008-11-20
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
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 06100
Sector: Mining & quarrying
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 06200SIC 06200
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
48 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 300 | 300 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 3 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-12-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-12-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-06-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-09-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-11-24📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-09-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2008-11-20🏢Company incorporatedAs REACH COAL SEAM GAS LIMITED
- 2008-11-20➕DAVIES, Isabel Naomi appointeddirector
- 2008-11-20➕DEAN, Graham Andrew appointeddirector
- 2008-11-20➕NEWMAN, Miles St John appointeddirector
Owner dependency
75/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
83/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
3 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Miles St John Newman Individual · British · DOB 09/1962 · age 64 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Graham Andrew Dean Individual · British · DOB 09/1953 · age 73 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Ms Isabel Naomi Davies Individual · British · DOB 01/1964 · age 62 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% 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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-11-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC06100 — SIC 06100
Registered office
6 Rubislaw Terrace
Aberdeen
AB10 1XE
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-04
Last: 2025-11-20
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
DAVIES, Isabel Naomi→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2008-11-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DEAN, Graham Andrew→
Activedirector · ~73y · appointed 2008-11-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
NEWMAN, Miles St John→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2008-11-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (48 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-27