SCANMARINE LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC291830 · ltd · incorporated 2005-10-18

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

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£-5.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

55 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)

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £5,614

Net assets shrinking

Down £7,572 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£6k

↓ 387% YoY

Current Assets

£110k

↑ 946% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£-5.6k	£2.0k
Current assets	£109.7k	£10.5k
Net assets	£-5.6k	£2.0k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-09-30
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accounts · AA
2024-09-30
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accounts · AA
2023-09-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-07-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-09-22
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officers · CH03
2020-09-22
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-09-22
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-07-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2018-01-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2017-10-02
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-10-02
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-01-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2016-02-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2005-10-18
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Company incorporated
As SCANMARINE LTD.
2005-10-18
➕
YOUNGSON, Debra Mary appointed
secretary
2005-10-18
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YOUNGSON, Debra Mary appointed
director
2005-10-18
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YOUNGSON, George appointed
director
2005-10-18
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-10-18
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-10-18
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2005-10-18
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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
Mr George Youngson Individual · British · DOB 10/1966 · age 60	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mrs Debra Mary Youngson Individual · British · DOB 06/1970 · age 56	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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2005-10-18

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

47 South Road

Peterhead

Aberdeenshire

AB42 2YQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last: 2025-09-16

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

YOUNGSON, Debra Mary→

secretary · appointed 2005-10-18

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Active

YOUNGSON, Debra Mary→

director · ~56y · appointed 2005-10-18

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Active

YOUNGSON, George→

director · ~60y · appointed 2005-10-18

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-10-18 · resigned 2005-10-18

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-10-18 · resigned 2005-10-18

Resigned

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