COULL CARS LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC314277 · ltd · incorporated 2007-01-09
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£137.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 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
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
51 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
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 £136,994
Cash YoY
+6%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£672k
↑ 6.2% YoY
Net Worth
£137k
↑ 261% YoY
Current Assets
£691k
↑ 6.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£138k£276k£415k£553k£691kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£138.4k£38.9k
Current assets£690.9k£649.0k
Cash£671.8k£632.4k
Debtors£10.7k£12.4k
Net assets£137.0k£37.9k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-25
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  2. 2024-10-24
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  3. 2023-10-16
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  4. 2023-10-16
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  5. 2023-09-28
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-10-20
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  7. 2021-07-13
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  8. 2021-01-11
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  9. 2019-06-25
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  10. 2018-10-30
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  11. 2017-10-24
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  12. 2016-09-15
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  13. 2016-01-19
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-10-02
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-08-19
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    officers · AP01
  16. 2015-04-06
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    COULL, Steven Douglas appointed
    director
  17. 2007-01-17
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    TAYLOR, Colleen appointed
    secretary
  18. 2007-01-17
    ➕
    TAYLOR, Charles William appointed
    director
  19. 2007-01-17
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    TAYLOR, Colleen appointed
    director
  20. 2007-01-10
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
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  21. 2007-01-10
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
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  22. 2007-01-09
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    Company incorporated
    As COULL CARS LTD
  23. 2007-01-09
    ➕
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2007-01-09
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
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Owner dependency

98/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "COULL" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Charles William Taylor
Individual · British · DOB 07/1961 · age 65
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Colleen Taylor
Individual · British · DOB 01/1962 · age 64
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2007-01-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

Account Tax Ltd
Traill Drive
Montrose
Angus
DD10 8SW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-22
Last: 2026-01-08

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

TAYLOR, Colleen→
secretary · appointed 2007-01-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COULL, Steven Douglas→
director · ~67y · appointed 2015-04-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TAYLOR, Charles William→
director · ~65y · appointed 2007-01-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TAYLOR, Colleen→
director · ~64y · appointed 2007-01-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-01-09 · resigned 2007-01-10
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-01-09 · resigned 2007-01-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (51 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-14
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accounts · AA
2025-11-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-10
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capital · SH01
2023-10-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-08