CORONADO ADVISERS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC659156 · ltd · incorporated 2020-04-14
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 closing · high confidence
Getting harder to buy cheaply — 4 signals strengthening over the last 30 days.
  • · Hygiene score: 70 → 90
  • · Opportunity score: 68 → 76
  • · Bankability: 65 → 75
  • · Distress / opportunity: attractive → avoid
Opportunity decay
hardening · 6-months
Hardening — profile is tightening. If you want to act, do it before the window closes further.
  • · 4 recent signals strengthening vs 0 weakening
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 4 positive signals vs 0 negative.

  • Opportunity score: 6876
  • Hygiene score: 7090
  • Bankability: 6575
  • Filings: 1315
  • ·Distress / opportunity: attractiveavoid
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£17.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
15 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £16,978

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£17k
↑ 34% YoY
Current Assets
£27k
↑ 41% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£5k£11k£16k£21k£27kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£17.0k£12.6k
Current assets£26.5k£18.8k
Net assets£17.0k£12.6k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • 2 officers
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • 2 officers
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-05-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-01-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-10-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-05-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-01-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-11-02
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  9. 2020-04-14
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CORONADO ADVISERS LIMITED
  10. 2020-04-14
    MARR, Alistair Edmund appointed
    director
  11. 2020-04-14
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

95/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alistair Edmund Marr
Individual · British · DOB 05/1958 · age 68
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control14/04/2020

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
Incorporated2020-04-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

23 Woodvale Avenue
Giffnock
Glasgow
G46 6RG
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-27
Last: 2026-04-13

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

MARR, Alistair Edmund
director · ~68y · appointed 2020-04-14
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Recent filings (15 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-11
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2021-11-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-01
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2020-04-14