ORCADIAN LIMITED THE
🌳Matureactive
SC104563 · ltd · incorporated 1987-05-08
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 77/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 5 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
7 live charges · 5 lenders · oldest 37.4y
35/100
too messy
Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.
- · Oldest live charge is 37.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 5 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)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
7 charges (7/7 with lender, 7/7 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
137 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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-01-31 | 2024-01-31 |
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| Average employees | 0 | 0 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (41 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-08-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-10-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-27➖WHITE, John Howard resignedsecretary
- 2019-06-27📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2018-11-15📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2018-11-09📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2018-11-08➕BAIN, Fiona Mary appointeddirector
- 2018-11-08➖ROBERTSON, Donald Sinclair Macpherson resigneddirector
- 2018-11-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2017-04-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2017-04-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2015-11-18➕ROBERTSON, Robert Sinclair appointeddirector
- 2015-11-02➖ROBERTSON, John Davie Manson resigneddirector
- 2008-12-05🔓Charge satisfied #6
- 2008-11-20🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2008-02-26🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2008-02-15🔓Charge satisfied #7
- 2007-05-04➖MILLER, Christine Agnes resignedsecretary
- 2007-05-04➕WHITE, John Howard appointedsecretary
- 2007-05-04➕ROBERTSON, Donald Sinclair Macpherson appointeddirector
- 2007-05-04➕ROBERTSON, John Davie Manson appointeddirector
- 2007-04-20🔓Charge satisfied #4
- 2007-04-17➕MILLER, Christine Agnes appointeddirector
- 1997-02-24🔒Charge registered #7Lender: Orkney Islands Council
- 1995-08-21🔓Charge satisfied #5
- 1995-08-21🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 1995-05-25🔒Charge registered #6Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 1990-03-22🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Orkney Island Council
- 1990-03-21🔒Charge registered #5Lender: Highlands and Islands Development Board
- 1990-03-09🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Orkney Islands Council
- 1990-03-09🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Highlands & Islands Development Board
- 1989-01-10🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 1987-05-08🏢Company incorporatedAs ORCADIAN LIMITED THE
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
83/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 39 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
1 med ·Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Group structure
Orkney Media Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Orkney Media Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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ORCADIAN LIMITED THE
This company · SC104563
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Orkney Media Group Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 30/06/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAITHNESS & SUTHERLAND VINTAGE & CLASSIC VEHICLE CLUB LTD→ SC102614 · est 1986 | — | — | £11.1k | — | 39y | 81 | 91y |
| LIFE CHURCH ORKNEY LIMITED→ SC256703 · est 2003 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 22y | 81 | 79y |
| ORKNEY RENEWABLE ENERGY FORUM→ SC287437 · est 2005 | — | — | — | 1000 | 20y | 81 | 74y |
| ORKNEY TODAY LIMITED→ SC253080 · est 2003 | — | — | — | 0 | 22y | 81 | 75y |
| ORKNEY VINTAGE CLUB→ SC244947 · est 2003 | — | — | £25.7k | — | 23y | 81 | 83y |
| ROUSAY, EGILSAY AND WYRE DEVELOPMENT TRUST→ SC318527 · est 2007 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 19y | 81 | 78y |
| STROMNESS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST→ SC305725 · est 2006 | — | — | — | 1100 | 19y | 81 | 69y |
| AWS RENEWABLES LTD→ SC352013 · est 2008 | — | — | £100 | — | 17y | 80 | 70y |
| CRUNCHERS LIMITED→ SC387101 · est 2010 | — | — | £100 | — | 15y | 80 | 72y |
| ESSENTIAL INTERIORS LIMITED→ SC160228 · est 1995 | — | — | — | — | 30y | 80 | 68y |
| FRESWICK CASTLE LTD→ SC319845 · est 2007 | — | — | £100 | — | 19y | 80 | 73y |
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1987-05-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999
Registered office
Hell's Half Acre Crowness Crescent
Hatston Industrial Estate
Kirkwall
KW15 1GJ
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-02
Last: 2025-08-19
Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)
BAIN, Fiona Mary→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2018-11-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MILLER, Christine Agnes→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2007-04-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROBERTSON, Robert Sinclair→
Activedirector · ~75y · appointed 2015-11-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MILLER, Christine Agnes→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2007-05-04
WHITE, John Howard→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2007-05-04 · resigned 2019-06-27
ROBERTSON, Donald Sinclair Macpherson→
Resigneddirector · ~59y · appointed 2007-05-04 · resigned 2018-11-08
ROBERTSON, John Davie Manson→
Resigneddirector · ~97y · appointed 2007-05-04 · resigned 2015-11-02
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Mortgages & charges
7
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:7 of 7 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
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| satisfied | Orkney Islands Council | Standard security | 1 property | 24/02/1997 | 15/02/2008 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 25/05/1995 | 05/12/2008 | |
| satisfied | Orkney Island Council | Standard security | 1 property | 22/03/1990 | 20/04/2007 | |
| satisfied | Highlands and Islands Development Board | Standard security | 1 property | 21/03/1990 | 21/08/1995 | |
| satisfied | Orkney Islands Council | Floating charge | 1 property | 09/03/1990 | 26/02/2008 | |
| satisfied | Highlands & Islands Development Board | Floating charge | 1 property | 09/03/1990 | 21/08/1995 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 10/01/1989 | 20/11/2008 |
Recent filings (137 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-10-29