LEASK MARINE (DIVING) LTD.

🏛️Establishedactive
SC533856 · ltd · incorporated 2016-04-27
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£1.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33150
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
19 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,000
Cash YoY
+0%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1k
~ YoY
Net Worth
£1k
~ YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£200£400£600£800£1kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£1.0k£1.0k
Cash£1.0k£1.0k
Net assets£1.0k£1.0k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-01-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-01-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-01-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2016-04-27
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    Company incorporated
    As LEASK MARINE (DIVING) LTD.
  11. 2016-04-27
    ➕
    LEASK, Douglas William appointed
    director
  12. 2016-04-27
    ➕
    LEASK, Karen Rachel appointed
    director
  13. 2016-04-27
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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 "LEASK" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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 Karen Rachel Leask
Individual · British · DOB 07/1967 · age 59
25–50%
—25-50% shares27/04/2016
Mr Douglas William Leask
Individual · British · DOB 09/1961 · age 65
25–50%
—25-50% shares27/04/2016

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
Incorporated2016-04-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC33150 — SIC 33150

Registered office

6 Crowness Road
Hatston
Kirkwall
Orkney
KW15 1RG
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-10
Last: 2025-04-26

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

LEASK, Douglas William→
director · ~65y · appointed 2016-04-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LEASK, Karen Rachel→
director · ~59y · appointed 2016-04-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Recent filings (19 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-01-04