WEST COAST CAPITAL GROUP LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC746275 · ltd · incorporated 2022-10-04
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£133.01M
book net assets
Opportunity
69/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed professional-services with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 69/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: 1 insolvency-related filing on record. Filings relating to insolvency, liquidation, or administration exist in the company's history. Review before proceeding. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
8 officers (8 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
15 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
18 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
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
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
Positive net assets
Net assets £133,010,000

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£10k
Net Worth
£133m
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£27m£53m£80m£106m£133mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Cash£10.0k
Net assets£133.01M
Average employees0

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-08-30
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    capital-statement-capital-company-with-date-currency-figure
    capital · SH19
  4. 2024-08-30
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    legacy
    capital · SH20
  5. 2024-08-30
    ⚠️
    legacy
    insolvency · CAP-SS
  6. 2024-08-30
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  7. 2024-03-26
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  8. 2024-03-26
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  9. 2023-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-10-25
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  11. 2023-10-25
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  12. 2023-10-16
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  13. 2023-10-16
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  14. 2023-08-07
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  15. 2022-10-04
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    Company incorporated
    As WEST COAST CAPITAL GROUP LIMITED
  16. 2022-10-04
    MURRAY, Kirsty Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  17. 2022-10-04
    SEALES, Sharon appointed
    secretary
  18. 2022-10-04
    CARLILE, Stewart Alan appointed
    director
  19. 2022-10-04
    CUMMINGS, Peter Joseph appointed
    director
  20. 2022-10-04
    HUNTER, Jamie Donald Campbell appointed
    director
  21. 2022-10-04
    MCMAHON, James Cairns appointed
    director
  22. 2022-10-04
    SEALES, Sharon appointed
    director
  23. 2022-10-04
    YOUNG, Alan John appointed
    director
  24. 2022-10-04
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    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
  • -6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

1 high ·
1 insolvency-related filing on record
high

Filings relating to insolvency, liquidation, or administration exist in the company's history. Review before proceeding.

Evidence: 2024-08-30: legacy

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Sir Thomas Blane Hunter
Individual · British · DOB 05/1961 · age 65
sig. influencesignificant influence04/10/2022

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
Incorporated2022-10-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

Marathon House Olympic Business Park
Drybridge Road
Dundonald
Ayrshire
KA2 9AE
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-17
Last: 2025-10-03

Officers (8 active · 0 resigned)

MURRAY, Kirsty Elizabeth
secretary · appointed 2022-10-04
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Active
SEALES, Sharon
secretary · appointed 2022-10-04
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Active
CARLILE, Stewart Alan
director · ~46y · appointed 2022-10-04
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Active
CUMMINGS, Peter Joseph
director · ~71y · appointed 2022-10-04
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Active
HUNTER, Jamie Donald Campbell
director · ~36y · appointed 2022-10-04
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Active
MCMAHON, James Cairns
director · ~77y · appointed 2022-10-04
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Active
SEALES, Sharon
director · ~50y · appointed 2022-10-04
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Active
YOUNG, Alan John
director · ~53y · appointed 2022-10-04
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Active

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Recent filings (18 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-10
capital-statement-capital-company-with-date-currency-figure
capital · SH19
2024-08-30
legacy
capital · SH20
2024-08-30
legacy
insolvency · CAP-SS
2024-08-30
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-08-30
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-03-26
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-15
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-10-25
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-17
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-10-16