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Issued 17 May 2026 · Valid 60 days
Prepared for M. Calloway / Calloway Holdings
HOLD — Do not LOI at ask. Reprice to £830K–£885K with wholesale earn-out.
Key risks: wholesale concentration (34%), EBITDA overstatement (£45K), lease expiry Aug-2027, roaster key-person dependency.
Coastal Ridge is a small-batch specialty roaster on a tourist-heavy coastal main street. Wholesale book of 23 active accounts, 1,840-subscriber DTC subscription, brand recognition that survives the seller. 4.8★ across 1,247 Google reviews. The product is real. The cash flow is real.
EBITDA add-backs are overstated by ~£45K. Wholesale concentration in two accounts (same hospitality group) with a handshake pricing deal — undocumented. Not deal-breakers. Deal-repricers.
⚠ Two restaurants in one hospitality group = £130,900 (34% of wholesale, 11.6% of total revenue). No signed supply contract since 2021.
34% of wholesale (11.6% total) in two accounts, one hospitality group. No written supply agreement since 2021.
→ LOI contingent on signed 24-month supply agreement. Earn-out: £75K at M18 if retained at ≥90% TTM.
Owner is sole certified Q-grader and roast profile architect.
→ 90-day full-time transition + 12-month part-time at £3.2K/mo. Fund Q-grader cert (~£6.3K).
No automatic renewal clause. Coastal main-street rents up 22% in 36 months.
→ Require seller to negotiate 5-year renewal with 3% annual cap before LOI is binding.
Add-backs do not survive operational-necessity test. True adj. EBITDA is £269,200.
→ Reprice. At 3.0× adj. EBITDA this is a £810K business, not £1.15M.
2019 Diedrich IR-12 (12kg) only production roaster. Operating at ~84% capacity.
→ Insurable. Budget ~£22K for backup 3kg roaster in year-1 capex.
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| Cost | ✓Fraction of the deal | •Your weekend | ✕£8,000–£25,000 | •£300–£1,500 |
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