CLASS 1 MARITIME LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC341360 · ltd · incorporated 2008-04-14
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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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 50200
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: high (80/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
52 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees400400

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-15
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  2. 2024-09-25
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  3. 2023-07-18
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  4. 2022-12-12
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  5. 2021-12-06
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  6. 2020-12-22
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  7. 2019-10-18
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  8. 2019-09-04
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  9. 2019-09-04
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    officers · CH01
  10. 2019-05-20
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    HAGUE, Yvonne appointed
    director
  11. 2019-05-20
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    KEIR, Angela Helen Mary appointed
    director
  12. 2019-05-20
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    KEIR, Angela Helen Mary, Mrs. resigned
    secretary
  13. 2019-05-20
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    officers · TM02
  14. 2019-05-20
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  15. 2019-05-20
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  16. 2018-09-12
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  17. 2017-09-18
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  18. 2016-08-02
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  19. 2013-03-05
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    MACINNES, Kenneth Paul, Mr. resigned
    director
  20. 2010-09-26
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    KEIR, Angela Helen Mary, Mrs. appointed
    secretary
  21. 2008-04-14
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    Company incorporated
    As CLASS 1 MARITIME LTD
  22. 2008-04-14
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    HAGUE, Jonathan Charles appointed
    director
  23. 2008-04-14
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    KEIR, Robert, Capt appointed
    director
  24. 2008-04-14
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    MACINNES, Kenneth Paul, Mr. appointed
    director

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Jonathan Charles Hague
Individual · British · DOB 04/1967 · age 59
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2008-04-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC50200 — SIC 50200

Registered office

46 Court Street
Dundee
DD3 7QT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-14
Last: 2025-10-31

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

HAGUE, Jonathan Charles→
director · ~59y · appointed 2008-04-14
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Active
HAGUE, Yvonne→
director · ~64y · appointed 2019-05-20
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Active
KEIR, Angela Helen Mary→
director · ~58y · appointed 2019-05-20
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Active
KEIR, Robert, Capt→
director · ~57y · appointed 2008-04-14
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Active
KEIR, Angela Helen Mary, Mrs.→
secretary · appointed 2010-09-26 · resigned 2019-05-20
Resigned
MACINNES, Kenneth Paul, Mr.→
director · ~69y · appointed 2008-04-14 · resigned 2013-03-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (52 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-15
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-10-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-09-04