TASTE COFFEE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC366012 · ltd · incorporated 2009-09-23
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£110.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Unlicenced restaurants and cafes
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
47 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £110,139
Cash YoY
-1%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£131k
↓ 1.0% YoY
Net Worth
£110k
↑ 5.5% YoY
Current Assets
£133k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£27k£54k£80k£107k£134kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£110.1k£104.4k
Current assets£132.9k£133.8k
Cash£130.9k£132.3k
Net assets£110.1k£104.4k

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

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1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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  2. 2024-12-23
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  3. 2023-12-21
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  4. 2022-12-28
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  5. 2021-12-21
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  6. 2021-10-27
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
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  7. 2021-03-24
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  8. 2019-12-31
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  9. 2018-12-26
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  10. 2017-12-28
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  11. 2016-12-23
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  12. 2015-12-24
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  13. 2015-09-25
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  14. 2014-12-29
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  15. 2014-10-07
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  16. 2009-09-23
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    Company incorporated
    As TASTE COFFEE LIMITED
  17. 2009-09-23
    ➕
    KNOX, William appointed
    secretary
  18. 2009-09-23
    ➕
    KNOX, William appointed
    director
  19. 2009-09-23
    ➕
    LEENHOUTS, Johannes Dirk Martinus appointed
    director
  20. 2009-09-23
    ➕
    MACLEAN, Iain appointed
    director
  21. 2009-09-23
    ➕
    ACI SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2009-09-23
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    ACI SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2009-09-23
    ➕
    KING, John Anthony appointed
    director
  24. 2009-09-23
    ➖
    KING, John Anthony resigned
    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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

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 Iain Maclean
Individual · British · DOB 10/1970 · age 56
25–50%
—25-50% shares03/09/2016
Mr Johannes Dirk Martinus Leenhoutts
Individual · Dutch · DOB 11/1958 · age 68
25–50%
—25-50% 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
Incorporated2009-09-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56102 — Unlicenced restaurants and cafes

Registered office

148 North Street
St Andrews
KY16 9AF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-07
Last: 2025-09-23

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

KNOX, William→
secretary · appointed 2009-09-23
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Active
KNOX, William→
director · ~66y · appointed 2009-09-23
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Active
LEENHOUTS, Johannes Dirk Martinus→
director · ~68y · appointed 2009-09-23
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Active
MACLEAN, Iain→
director · ~56y · appointed 2009-09-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ACI SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-09-23 · resigned 2009-09-23
Resigned
KING, John Anthony→
director · ~75y · appointed 2009-09-23 · resigned 2009-09-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (47 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-29
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2024-12-23
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2024-11-12
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2023-12-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-21
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-07