ORKNEY MARINAS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC215601 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2001-02-09

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Dec 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 50100

Sector: Transportation & storage

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

30 officers (10 active, 30 linked, 23 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

120 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Average employees	4	4

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

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2 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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (71 events)Click to expand

2026-04-09
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accounts · AA
2026-02-17
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officers · RP01AP01
2025-09-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-10
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officers · AP04
2024-05-10
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officers · TM02
2024-05-06
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A.J.B. SCHOLES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2024-05-06
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GUTHRIE, Leesa resigned
secretary
2024-01-30
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-01-23
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-01-23
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-09-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-28
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-07-28
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-04-03
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BRASS, Norman William appointed
director
2023-04-03
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BURGON, James Douglas resigned
director
2022-09-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-31
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officers · AP01
2022-03-31
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officers · AP01
2022-03-18
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THOMSON, Brewster Noel Winston appointed
director
2022-03-18
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BURGON, James Douglas appointed
director
2022-03-11
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officers · AP03
2022-03-11
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-03-04
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GUTHRIE, Leesa appointed
secretary
2022-02-17
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-02-17
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-02-17
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-02-16
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CRADOCK, Lindsey Allison resigned
secretary
2022-02-16
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CRADOCK, Lindsey Allison resigned
director
2022-02-16
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ROBERTSON, John Eric Macdonald resigned
director
2021-03-25
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MCEWEN, William Ralph Oliver appointed
director
2021-03-25
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COSTIE, George William Bain resigned
director
2019-05-24
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RENDALL, Stewart Harcus appointed
director
2019-05-24
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COSTIE, George William Bain appointed
director
2019-03-29
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RENDALL, Thomas Bain resigned
director
2019-02-12
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ROBERTSON, John Eric Macdonald appointed
director
2019-02-03
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MAKIN, Andrew resigned
director
2018-04-12
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SCOTT, John Allan appointed
director
2018-04-12
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COSTIE, George William Bain resigned
director
2017-09-01
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COOPER, Michael Scott appointed
director
2017-05-24
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CRADOCK, Lindsey Allison appointed
secretary
2017-05-04
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HINCKLEY, John Frederick resigned
secretary
2017-05-04
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HINCKLEY, John Frederick resigned
director
2017-03-10
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BOWDLER, David Martin resigned
director
2016-04-22
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MAKIN, Andrew appointed
director
2016-04-22
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SMALES, Garry resigned
director
2014-03-21
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HARCUS, Samuel James resigned
director
2014-03-21
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SMALES, Garry appointed
director
2011-02-14
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BOWDLER, David Martin appointed
director
2011-02-14
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MILLIGAN, Sean Robert resigned
director

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Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-9 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2001-02-09

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC50100 — SIC 50100

Registered office

Dunkirk

Shore Street

Kirkwall

KW15 1LG

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-23

Last: 2026-02-09