COAST BEER CO LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
SC617414 · ltd · incorporated 2019-01-07
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days
No material changes in the last 30 days.
Last 90 days
No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.
Last 180 days
No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
69/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of beer
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.
Opportunity 69/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (70/100)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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
33 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
69/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|
| Average employees | 100 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals 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
1
filing
- • 1 address
Last 90 days
3
filings
- • 1 address
- • 1 capital
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
6
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 1 address
- • 1 capital
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-15📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2026-04-02📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2026-03-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2026-01-26📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2026-01-26📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-10-16📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2025-10-15📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-10-06➕CARLTON, Alexander Jonathan appointeddirector
- 2025-10-06➕CARLTON, Alexander appointeddirector
- 2025-10-06➖CARLTON, Alexander resigneddirector
- 2025-09-04📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-09-04📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2025-09-03📄capital-alter-shares-subdivisioncapital · SH02
- 2025-09-03📄capital-alter-shares-subdivisioncapital · SH02
- 2025-08-28✏️legacychange-of-name · RP04SH01
- 2025-08-07📄capital-alter-shares-subdivisioncapital · SH02
- 2025-03-18📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-18📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-02-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-16📄capital-alter-shares-subdivisioncapital · SH02
- 2022-03-16📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-03-14📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2019-01-07🏢Company incorporatedAs COAST BEER CO LIMITED
- 2019-01-07➕BROWN, James Ronald appointeddirector
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited 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 med ·Name changed recently
mediumName changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.
Evidence: 2025-08-28: legacy
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr James Ronald Brown Individual · British · DOB 11/1989 · age 37 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 07/01/2019 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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6 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.
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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.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2019-01-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC11050 — Manufacture of beer
Registered office
5 South Charlotte Street
Edinburgh
EH2 4AN
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-20
Last: 2026-01-06
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
BROWN, James Ronald→
Activedirector · ~37y · appointed 2019-01-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CARLTON, Alexander Jonathan→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2025-10-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CARLTON, Alexander→
Resigneddirector · ~48y · appointed 2025-10-06 · resigned 2025-10-06
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Recent filings (33 total)
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-05-15
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-01-26
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-26
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-10-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-10-15
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-09-04
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-09-04
capital-alter-shares-subdivision
capital · SH02
2025-09-03
capital-alter-shares-subdivision
capital · SH02
2025-09-03
legacy
change-of-name · RP04SH01
2025-08-28
capital-alter-shares-subdivision
capital · SH02
2025-08-07
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-03-18