CEANNAS LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC496195 · ltd · incorporated 2015-01-28
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.
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
47 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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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Net Worth
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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 employees7500

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
10
filings
  • • 6 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
11
filings
  • • 6 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-04
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2026-03-04
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2026-03-03
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2026-03-03
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2026-03-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2026-03-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2026-03-03
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2026-03-03
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  9. 2026-03-03
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  10. 2026-02-18
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    LEDINGHAM, Douglas John appointed
    director
  11. 2026-02-18
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    LEDINGHAM, Lewis Bruce appointed
    director
  12. 2025-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2024-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2023-10-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2022-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-08-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2019-07-17
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  20. 2019-07-17
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  21. 2019-05-22
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    HOTSON, Sonya resigned
    director
  22. 2015-06-20
    ➕
    HOTSON, Sonya appointed
    director
  23. 2015-01-28
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    Company incorporated
    As CEANNAS LTD
  24. 2015-01-28
    ➕
    LEDINGHAM, Donald James, Professsor appointed
    director
  25. 2015-01-28
    ➕
    LEDINGHAM, Margaret Gillian appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

25/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — LEDINGHAM, Douglas John (same surname) appointed 2026-02-18. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Lewis Bruce Ledingham
Individual · British · DOB 07/1990 · age 36
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting18/02/2026
Mr Douglas John Ledingham
Individual · British · DOB 03/1988 · age 38
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · firm interest18/02/2026
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mrs Margaret Gillian Ledinghamceased 18/02/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr Donald James Ledinghamceased 18/02/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mrs Sonya Hotsonceased 22/05/2019· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2015-01-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Smithy House
Langshaw
Galashiels
TD1 2PA
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-11
Last: 2026-01-28

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

LEDINGHAM, Donald James, Professsor→
director · ~69y · appointed 2015-01-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LEDINGHAM, Douglas John→
director · ~38y · appointed 2026-02-18
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Active
LEDINGHAM, Lewis Bruce→
director · ~36y · appointed 2026-02-18
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Active
LEDINGHAM, Margaret Gillian→
director · ~70y · appointed 2015-01-28
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Active
HOTSON, Sonya→
director · ~54y · appointed 2015-06-20 · resigned 2019-05-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (47 total)

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-03-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-03-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-03
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-03
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-03-03
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-03-03
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-10