COUL LINKS LIMITED
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -92% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-07-31 | 2023-07-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.66M | £1.67M |
| Current assets | £1.66M | £1.67M |
| Cash | £1.0k | £13.3k |
| Debtors | £1.66M | £1.66M |
| Net assets | £-716.8k | £-712.4k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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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Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
- 2025-04-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-09📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2021-07-03📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2021-07-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-29📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2020-04-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-04-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-13📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2017-07-12➕MACLEOD & MACCALLUM LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2016-07-28🏢Company incorporatedAs COUL LINKS LIMITED
- 2016-07-28➕KEISER, Michael appointeddirector
- 2016-07-28➕WARNOCK, Todd Evan appointeddirector
- 2016-07-28📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanGroup structure
Coul Links Holding Company Llc is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Coul Links Holding Company Llc Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · trust interest · firm interest | 28/07/2016 |
Mr Todd Evan Warnock Individual · American · DOB 10/1960 · age 66 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 28/07/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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