OFFSHORE MARINE ELECTRONIC/ELECTRICAL SERVICES LTD.

💤Zombieactive

SC282680 · ltd · incorporated 2005-04-05

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£14.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 35130

Sector: Electricity, gas & energy

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

49 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £14,654

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£15k

↑ 199% YoY

Current Assets

£41k

↑ 52956% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£14.7k	£-14.7k
Current assets	£40.9k	£77
Net assets	£14.7k	£-14.7k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2026-03-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-27
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accounts · AA
2024-01-24
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accounts · AA
2023-01-30
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accounts · AA
2022-01-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-01-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-01-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-03-15
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accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AAMD
2018-01-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-01-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-05-06
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2016-01-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-04-29
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2014-10-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2005-04-05
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Company incorporated
As OFFSHORE MARINE ELECTRONIC/ELECTRICAL SERVICES LTD.
2005-04-05
➕
GURNEY, Isabella appointed
secretary
2005-04-05
➕
GURNEY, Alan Peter appointed
director
2005-04-05
➕
BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-04-05
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-04-05
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2005-04-05
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100

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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Alan Peter Gurney Individual · British · DOB 02/1955 · age 71	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mrs Isabella Gurney Individual · British · DOB 02/1959 · age 67	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2005-04-05

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC35130 — SIC 35130

Registered office

10 Knockbreck Street

Tain

Ross-Shire

IV19 1BJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-17

Last: 2026-04-03

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

GURNEY, Isabella→

secretary · appointed 2005-04-05

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Active

GURNEY, Alan Peter→

director · ~71y · appointed 2005-04-05

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-04-05 · resigned 2005-04-05

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-04-05 · resigned 2005-04-05

Resigned

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