COAGUSCAN LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC813650 · ltd · incorporated 2024-06-14
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
Why now
Window closing · high confidence
Getting harder to buy — profile has hardened into "growth story" recently.
  • · Lifecycle stage: startup → early
  • · Investment thesis: unclassified → growth_story
  • · Hygiene score: 90 → 70
  • · Opportunity score: 70 → 61
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture worsened over the last 30 days — 3 negative signals vs 1 positive.

  • ·Lifecycle stage: startupearly
  • ·Investment thesis: unclassifiedgrowth_story
  • Opportunity score: 7061
  • Hygiene score: 9070
  • Bankability: 6560
  • +2 more
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Turnover
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
61/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 61/100 (worth a look), bankability 60/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
8 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
61/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-30

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
  • 1 gazette
  • 1 dissolution
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 1 gazette
  • 1 dissolution
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-12
    📄
    gazette-notice-voluntary
    gazette · GAZ1(A)
  2. 2026-04-30
    📄
    dissolution-application-strike-off-company
    dissolution · DS01
  3. 2026-04-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-06-28
    📄
    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  5. 2024-06-27
    DAY, Richard Michael, Dr appointed
    secretary
  6. 2024-06-27
    DAY, Emma Vanessa Jayne, Mrs. appointed
    director
  7. 2024-06-27
    KHAN, Mansoor Ali, Dr. appointed
    director
  8. 2024-06-27
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2024-06-27
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2024-06-14
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As COAGUSCAN LIMITED
  11. 2024-06-14
    DAY, Richard Michael, Dr appointed
    director
  12. 2024-06-14
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

55/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Young company: Only 2.1 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Red flags

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-06-27

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Dr Richard Michael Day
Individual · British · DOB 04/1970 · age 56
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control14/06/2024

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
Incorporated2024-06-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Ness House, C/O Highland Biosciences Ltd
Greenleonachs Rd, Duncanston
Dingwall
Highland
IV7 8JD
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-27OVERDUE
Last: 2025-06-13

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

DAY, Richard Michael, Dr
secretary · appointed 2024-06-27
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Active
DAY, Emma Vanessa Jayne, Mrs.
director · ~53y · appointed 2024-06-27
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Active
DAY, Richard Michael, Dr
director · ~56y · appointed 2024-06-14
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Active
KHAN, Mansoor Ali, Dr.
director · ~49y · appointed 2024-06-27
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Recent filings (8 total)

gazette-notice-voluntary
gazette · GAZ1(A)
2026-05-12
dissolution-application-strike-off-company
dissolution · DS01
2026-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-04-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-21
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2024-06-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-06-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-06-27
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-06-14