COAST TO COAST SURF SCHOOL LIMITED
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Opportunity 75/100 (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 (77/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Key financials
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 12 | 1600 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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.
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- • 1 confirmation-statement
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- • 1 accounts
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-12-05📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-11-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-01-26📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2018-01-24📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2018-01-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-01-24📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2018-01-24📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2004-04-06🏢Company incorporatedAs COAST TO COAST SURF SCHOOL LIMITED
- 2004-04-06➕CHRISTOPHERSON, Diane Catherine appointedsecretary
- 2004-04-06➕CHRISTOPHERSON, Samuel Waugh appointeddirector
- 2004-04-06➕OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2004-04-06➖OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanShareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Samuel Waugh Christopherson Individual · British · DOB 08/1973 · age 53 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 06/04/2017 |
Mrs Diane Catherine Christopherson Individual · British · DOB 08/1974 · age 52 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 07/11/2022 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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