WEST COAST HOSPITALITY GROUP LTD

⚰️Wound downliquidation
SC780890 · ltd · incorporated 2023-08-30
Investment thesis
Company liquidation — not a live target.
Why interesting: Historical record only; useful for precedent research.
Why risky: Not transactable.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£-49.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
47/100
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What this business does
Primary activity: Event catering activities
Sector: Accommodation & food service
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 56302Public houses and bars
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed unclear — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 47/100 (watch), bankability 45/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (85/100). Current lenders should be on monthly review.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
7 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
47/100Watch
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Not actionable now, but monitor — distressed, succession, or structural changes could flip this into a real opportunity.

Business quality
0
Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £49,232
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£49k
↓ 41% YoY
Current Assets
£10k
↓ 51% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£49k-£35k-£22k-£8k£6k£20kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£13.0k£23.8k
Current assets£9.7k£20.0k
Net assets£-49.2k£-35.0k

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

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1 signal 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
2
filings
  • 1 address
  • 1 resolution
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • 1 address
  • 1 resolution
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 1 address
  • 1 resolution
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-13
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2026-05-12
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  3. 2026-03-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-04-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-08-30
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As WEST COAST HOSPITALITY GROUP LTD
  6. 2023-08-30
    DOW, Callum Iain appointed
    director
  7. 2023-08-30
    GALEA, Justin appointed
    director
  8. 2023-08-30
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
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.
  • +Young company: Only 2.7 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 high ·
Company in liquidation
high

Company is actively being wound up. Not a going concern.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Callum Iain Dow
Individual · British · DOB 10/1982 · age 44
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control30/08/2023
Mr Justin Galea
Individual · Maltese,Australian · DOB 05/1978 · age 48
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control30/08/2023

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

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Company details

Statusliquidation
Typeltd
Incorporated2023-08-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56210 — Event catering activities

Registered office

C/O Btg Begbies Traynor River Court
5 West Victoria Dock Road
Dundee
DD1 3JT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-12
Last: 2025-08-29

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

DOW, Callum Iain
director · ~44y · appointed 2023-08-30
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GALEA, Justin
director · ~48y · appointed 2023-08-30
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Recent filings (7 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-05-13
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-30
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-08-30