EAST END COACHWORKS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC353070 · ltd · incorporated 2009-01-06
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£2.18M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
49 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,181,411
Cash YoY
+13%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1.9m
↑ 13% YoY
Net Worth
£2.2m
↑ 13% YoY
Current Assets
£2.0m
↑ 9.9% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£436k£873k£1.3m£1.7m£2.2mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£2.18M£1.92M
Current assets£2.01M£1.83M
Cash£1.86M£1.65M
Debtors£137.6k£172.4k
Net assets£2.18M£1.92M

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-29
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  2. 2024-11-05
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-05
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2023-12-01
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    LUBIEWSKI, Mark appointed
    director
  5. 2023-09-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-07-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-07-08
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-08-20
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-07-02
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-10-22
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-07-05
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  12. 2017-06-23
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    officers · TM01
  13. 2017-06-22
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    LUBIEWSKI, Paul resigned
    director
  14. 2016-10-01
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-04-01
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-10-30
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2009-04-30
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    LUBIEWSKI, Elizabeth resigned
    director
  18. 2009-01-06
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As EAST END COACHWORKS LIMITED
  19. 2009-01-06
    ➕
    LUBIEWSKI, Edward appointed
    secretary
  20. 2009-01-06
    ➕
    LUBIEWSKI, Edward appointed
    director
  21. 2009-01-06
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2009-01-06
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2009-01-06
    ➕
    LUBIEWSKI, Elizabeth appointed
    director
  24. 2009-01-06
    ➕
    LUBIEWSKI, Paul appointed
    director
  25. 2009-01-06
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
    director
  26. 2009-01-06
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
    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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

39/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — LUBIEWSKI, Mark (same surname) appointed 2023-12-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 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 17 years.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Edward Lubiewski
Individual · British · DOB 01/1950 · age 76
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2009-01-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

East End Coachworks Elm Road
Broadmeadow Industrial Estate
Dumbarton
G82 2RH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-19
Last: 2025-12-05

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

LUBIEWSKI, Edward→
secretary · appointed 2009-01-06
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Active
LUBIEWSKI, Edward→
director · ~76y · appointed 2009-01-06
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Active
LUBIEWSKI, Mark→
director · ~40y · appointed 2023-12-01
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Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-01-06 · resigned 2009-01-06
Resigned
LUBIEWSKI, Elizabeth→
director · ~73y · appointed 2009-01-06 · resigned 2009-04-30
Resigned
LUBIEWSKI, Paul→
director · ~43y · appointed 2009-01-06 · resigned 2017-06-22
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen George→
director · ~76y · appointed 2009-01-06 · resigned 2009-01-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (49 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-11-05
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-09-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-07-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-08-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-03