COFFEE TEXT LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC695083 · ltd · incorporated 2021-04-08
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
Upgrade to see
Turnover
year to Apr 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47990Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

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, 2 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
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
16 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2023Apr 2024

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-04-302023-04-30
Average employees00

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-14
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2025-12-12
    TAYLOR COLLECTIVE HOLDINGS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  3. 2025-04-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-07-11
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2024-07-01
    BRYDEN, Frank John Kenneth resigned
    director
  6. 2024-04-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-02-22
    BRYDEN, Frank John Kenneth appointed
    director
  8. 2023-02-22
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2023-02-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-02-22
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2023-02-16
    BURE CONSULTING LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  12. 2021-07-15
    📄
    appoint-corporate-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP02
  13. 2021-07-15
    📄
    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  14. 2021-07-10
    BURE CONSULTING LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  15. 2021-04-08
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As COFFEE TEXT LIMITED
  16. 2021-04-08
    TAYLOR, Chris appointed
    director
  17. 2021-04-08
    TAYLOR COLLECTIVE HOLDINGS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  18. 2021-04-08
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some 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.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Taylor Collective Holdings Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

🏛️
Taylor Collective Holdings Limited
Corporate parent
COFFEE TEXT LIMITED
This company · SC695083

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Chris Taylor
Individual · Northern Irish · DOB 05/1992 · age 34
sig. influencesignificant influence08/04/2021
Taylor Collective Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
sig. influencesignificant influence08/04/2021

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Similar companies

Active · Retail · AB postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
D & G ABERDEEN LIMITED
SC265500 · est 2004 · no financials extracted
22y
D & M GRAY LIMITED
SC428662 · est 2012 · no financials extracted
13y
DE-GLORY ABERDEEN LTD
SC835386 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
1y
DEE AND DON PROPERTIES LTD
SC768380 · est 2023 · no financials extracted
2y
DEESIDE DELI LTD
SC596758 · est 2018 · no financials extracted
7y
DEESIDE LOG CABINS LTD
SC317163 · est 2007 · no financials extracted
19y
DEESIDE LUXURY LIVING LIMITED
SC843959 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
1y
DEKMAR LTD
SC244944 · est 2003 · no financials extracted
23y
DENBURN HEALTHCARE LIMITED
SC817713 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
1y
DESA TRADING LTD
SC648826 · est 2019 · no financials extracted
6y
DESERT RUGS GALLERY LTD
SC828370 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
1y
DESIGN BY CODE LIMITED
SC857656 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

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.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2021-04-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47110 — Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating

Registered office

13 Corskie Park
Westhill
AB32 7AE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-04-30
Last made up to: 2024-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-25
Last: 2025-07-11

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

TAYLOR, Chris
director · ~34y · appointed 2021-04-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRYDEN, Frank John Kenneth
director · ~27y · appointed 2023-02-22 · resigned 2024-07-01
Resigned
BURE CONSULTING LIMITED
corporate-director · appointed 2021-07-10 · resigned 2023-02-16
Resigned
TAYLOR COLLECTIVE HOLDINGS LIMITED
corporate-director · appointed 2021-04-08 · resigned 2025-12-12
Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (16 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-07-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-28
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-02-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-18
appoint-corporate-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP02
2021-07-15
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2021-07-15