CORAL HOUSE SERVICES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC371114 · ltd · incorporated 2010-01-13

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£2.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Financial management

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -58% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

37 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £2,543

Net assets shrinking

Down £2,266 YoY

Cash draining

Cash down 58% YoY

Cash YoY

-58%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£4k

↓ 58% YoY

Net Worth

£3k

↓ 47% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£2.5k	£4.8k
Cash	£4.2k	£10.0k
Net assets	£2.5k	£4.8k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand

2025-11-24
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2024-12-11
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2023-12-22
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2023-03-27
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2022-03-23
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2020-10-08
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2019-12-12
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2018-12-13
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2017-12-15
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2016-11-10
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2016-01-14
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2015-12-21
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2015-01-27
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2014-12-15
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2014-01-24
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2010-01-13
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Company incorporated
As CORAL HOUSE SERVICES LIMITED
2010-01-13
➕
O'DONNELL, Owen Francis appointed
director
2010-01-13
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-secretary
2010-01-13
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-secretary
2010-01-13
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MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
director
2010-01-13
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MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
director

Owner dependency

93/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Owen Francis O'Donnell Individual · British · DOB 12/1966 · age 60	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	01/07/2016

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

Incorporated2010-01-13

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC70221 — Financial management

Registered office

Radleigh House 1 Golf Road

Clarkston

Glasgow

G76 7HU

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-25

Last: 2026-01-11

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

O'DONNELL, Owen Francis→

director · ~60y · appointed 2010-01-13

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2010-01-13 · resigned 2010-01-13

Resigned

MABBOTT, Stephen George→

director · ~76y · appointed 2010-01-13 · resigned 2010-01-13

Resigned

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Recent filings (37 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-01-13

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accounts · AA

2025-11-24

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-01-14

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-12-11

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-01-11

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-12-22

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-03-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-01-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2022-03-23

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-01-26

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-01-26

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2020-10-08

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-01-27

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2019-12-12

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2019-01-31