NORTH COAST CONSTRUCTION LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive

SC595972 · ltd · incorporated 2018-05-01

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

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 May 2025

Net worth

£-7.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

77/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other construction installation

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

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

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

26 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

77/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

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

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £7,257

Net assets shrinking

Down £7,421 YoY

Cash YoY

+2778%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£21k

↑ 2778% YoY

Net Worth

-£7k

↓ 4525% YoY

Current Assets

£21k

↓ 47% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Total assets	£18.7k	£30.5k
Current assets	£21.2k	£40.1k
Cash	£21.2k	£738
Debtors	—	£39.4k
Net assets	£-7.3k	£164

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

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2 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand

2025-08-15
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2025-02-03
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2024-02-26
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2022-08-24
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2021-12-24
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accounts · AA
2020-10-30
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accounts · AA
2020-05-20
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2020-05-20
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2020-05-20
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2019-11-01
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accounts · AA
2019-05-07
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2019-05-07
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2019-05-07
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Company incorporated
As NORTH COAST CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
2018-05-01
➕
MOORE, Sharlene Jane appointed
director
2018-05-01
➕
MOORE, Stewart Andrew appointed
director

Owner dependency

79/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

46/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Stewart Andrew Moore Individual · British · DOB 07/1964 · age 62	50–75%	50–75%	board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control	01/05/2018
Mrs Sharlene Jane Moore Individual · British · DOB 04/1967 · age 59	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	01/05/2018

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

Incorporated2018-05-01

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC43290 — Other construction installation

Registered office

Unit 8 Golspie Business Park

Golspie

Sutherland

KW10 6UB

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-14

Last: 2026-04-30

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MOORE, Sharlene Jane→

director · ~59y · appointed 2018-05-01

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MOORE, Stewart Andrew→

director · ~62y · appointed 2018-05-01

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