ARDORAN MARINE LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC290011 · ltd · incorporated 2005-09-07
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 19.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£455.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 19.6y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 19.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
85 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £455,919
Cash YoY
+97%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£85k
↑ 97% YoY
Net Worth
£456k
↑ 14% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash | £85.0k | £43.1k |
| Net assets | £455.9k | £400.9k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-07-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-09-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-09-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-09-12📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2022-09-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-09-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-05📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-08-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-08📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2020-09-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-09-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-09-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-09-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-09-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-09-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2012-01-06🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2006-09-12🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
- 2005-09-07🏢Company incorporatedAs ARDORAN MARINE LIMITED
- 2005-09-07➕ROBERTSON, Colin William appointedsecretary
- 2005-09-07➕ROBERTSON, Anne Ferguson appointeddirector
- 2005-09-07➕ROBERTSON, Colin William appointeddirector
- 2005-09-07➕ROBERTSON, Euan John appointeddirector
- 2005-09-07➕BRIAN REID LTD. appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2005-09-07➖BRIAN REID LTD. resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2005-09-07➕STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2005-09-07➖STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
90/100
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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Colin William Robertson Individual · British · DOB 01/1970 · age 56 | 50–75% | 50–75% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% 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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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-09-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Registered office
Ardoran Marine Limited
Lerags
Oban
Argyll And Bute
PA34 4SE
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-17
Last: 2025-09-03
Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)
ROBERTSON, Colin William→
Activesecretary · appointed 2005-09-07
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ROBERTSON, Anne Ferguson→
Activedirector · ~79y · appointed 2005-09-07
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ROBERTSON, Colin William→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2005-09-07
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ROBERTSON, Euan John→
Activedirector · ~48y · appointed 2005-09-07
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BRIAN REID LTD.→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-09-07 · resigned 2005-09-07
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-09-07 · resigned 2005-09-07
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 06/01/2012 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 12/09/2006 | — |
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Recent filings (85 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-09-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-09-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-09-12
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-09-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-08-05