COPPA COFFEE LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
SC501501 · ltd · incorporated 2015-03-25
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.
🔒Estimated value
—
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-9.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Unlicenced restaurants and cafes
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 6.6y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 6.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)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
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
32 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £9,367
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
-£9k
↑ 24% YoY
Current Assets
£65k
↑ 11% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £65.3k | £59.1k |
| Current assets | £65.2k | £58.8k |
| Net assets | £-9.4k | £-12.4k |
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
2
filings
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 officers
Last 90 days
3
filings
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-07📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-04-07📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-11-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-07📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2025-02-07🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2024-11-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-12➖YOUNG-SMITH, Sebastian, Mr. resigneddirector
- 2023-02-12➖YOUNG-SMITH, Theodore, Mr. resigneddirector
- 2023-02-12📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-02-12📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-25📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-05-08📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-05-08📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-03-24➕YOUNG-SMITH, Sebastian, Mr. appointeddirector
- 2021-03-24➕YOUNG-SMITH, Theodore, Mr. appointeddirector
- 2021-03-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-05📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2019-09-03🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2018-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2015-03-25🏢Company incorporatedAs COPPA COFFEE LIMITED
- 2015-03-25➕YOUNG-SMITH, Calum Jamus 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
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
50/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- 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
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Calum Jamus Young-Smith Individual · Scottish · DOB 03/1969 · age 57 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 25/03/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
8 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
Incorporated2015-03-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56102 — Unlicenced restaurants and cafes
Registered office
40 St.Swithin Street
Aberdeen
AB10 6XJ
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last: 2026-03-17
Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)
YOUNG-SMITH, Calum Jamus→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2015-03-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
YOUNG-SMITH, Sebastian, Mr.→
Resigneddirector · ~26y · appointed 2021-03-24 · resigned 2023-02-12
YOUNG-SMITH, Theodore, Mr.→
Resigneddirector · ~29y · appointed 2021-03-24 · resigned 2023-02-12
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 03/09/2019 | 07/02/2025 |
Recent filings (32 total)
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-24
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-25
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-02-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-07