COUGHTRIE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC367466 · ltd · incorporated 2009-10-26
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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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of other machinery and equipment
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 0.2y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 0.2 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
50 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.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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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 |
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| Total assets | — | £220.4k |
| Current assets | — | £771.6k |
| Cash | — | £496.7k |
| Debtors | — | £167.4k |
| Net assets | — | £214.4k |
| Average employees | 1400 | — |
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
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 mortgage
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 mortgage
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-10📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2026-02-26🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2025-09-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-13📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-31➖HAMILTON, Sheila resigneddirector
- 2023-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-10-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-10-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-03-15📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2016-03-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2015-10-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2013-02-06➖HAMILTON, Sheila resignedsecretary
- 2011-11-07➖KENNETT, Charles Jonathan resigneddirector
- 2010-04-15➕KENNETT, Charles Jonathan appointeddirector
- 2009-11-01➕MACKILLOP, Colin Hugh appointeddirector
- 2009-10-26🏢Company incorporatedAs COUGHTRIE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
- 2009-10-26➕MITCHELL, Stephen appointeddirector
- 2009-10-26➕HAMILTON, Sheila appointedsecretary
- 2009-10-26➕HAMILTON, Sheila appointeddirector
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 68 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- 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.)
Group structure
M2h Industries Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
M2h Industries Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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COUGHTRIE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
This company · SC367466
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
M2h Industries Ltd Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALEDONIAN SALES LIMITED→ SC286877 · est 2005 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 20y | — | — |
| CALTON TEA COMPANY LTD→ SC850250 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| CAPITAL GATE AUTOMATION LTD→ SC633053 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| CARIBBEAN GOODS LTD→ SC616814 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| CHARGE ON UK LTD→ SC881332 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| CLYDE CASH & CARRY LTD→ SC683837 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| CLYDE PHARMA LTD→ SC666650 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| CORAL K&B LTD→ SC872876 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| CORE HEATING SUPPLIES LTD→ SC666105 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| CRAIGEND NURSERY CARDROSS LTD→ SC696984 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-10-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46690 — Wholesale of other machinery and equipment
Registered office
Montrose Avenue
Hillington Industrial Estate
Glasgow
Glasgow
G52 4LZ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-26
Last: 2026-03-12
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
MACKILLOP, Colin Hugh→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2009-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MITCHELL, Stephen→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2009-10-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HAMILTON, Sheila→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2009-10-26 · resigned 2013-02-06
HAMILTON, Sheila→
Resigneddirector · ~76y · appointed 2009-10-26 · resigned 2024-03-31
KENNETT, Charles Jonathan→
Resigneddirector · ~79y · appointed 2010-04-15 · resigned 2011-11-07
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 26/02/2026 | — |
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Recent filings (50 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-30
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-27