GRAEME HUTCHISON MARINE PILOTAGE SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC502251 · ltd · incorporated 2015-04-02
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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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 50200
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
30 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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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Current Liabilities
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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 employees2200

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
3
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-13
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  2. 2026-04-13
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2025-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-10-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-04-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2023-04-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2022-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-11-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2021-11-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2021-11-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2020-09-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-10-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-04-02
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    Company incorporated
    As GRAEME HUTCHISON MARINE PILOTAGE SERVICES LIMITED
  18. 2015-04-02
    ➕
    HUTCHISON, Graeme John appointed
    director
  19. 2015-04-02
    ➕
    HUTCHISON, Mairi appointed
    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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "HUTCHISON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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
Mrs Mairi Hutchison
Individual · British · DOB 08/1964 · age 62
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/07/2016
Mr Graeme John Hutchison
Individual · British · DOB 04/1960 · age 66
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/07/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Graeme Hutchisonceased 01/07/2016· 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
Incorporated2015-04-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC50200 — SIC 50200

Registered office

1 Croft Wynd
Milnathort
Kinross
KY13 9GH
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-16
Last: 2026-04-02

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

HUTCHISON, Graeme John→
director · ~66y · appointed 2015-04-02
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Active
HUTCHISON, Mairi→
director · ~62y · appointed 2015-04-02
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Active

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Recent filings (30 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-04-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-11-23