SONGA CREWMANAGEMENT LIMITED

📈Growthactive

SC545847 · ltd · incorporated 2016-09-21

Investment thesis

Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.

Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.

Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

77/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 50200

Sector: Transportation & storage

Investor take

Pursue

Conservative operator with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

31 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

77/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

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 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £384,156

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Profit before tax	£384.2k	£269.5k
Average employees	93900	84100

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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 (30 events)Click to expand

2025-09-11
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MACLEOD, Kenneth resigned
director
2025-09-11
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-09-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-16
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officers · AP01
2023-02-14
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MACLEOD, Kenneth David appointed
director
2022-10-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-14
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MACLEAN, Colin Thomas Sinclair appointed
secretary
2022-02-14
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CAMPBELL, Pamela resigned
secretary
2022-02-14
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CAMPBELL, Pamela Mae resigned
director
2022-02-14
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-02-14
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-02-14
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2019-07-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2018-11-09
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CAMPBELL, Pamela Mae appointed
director
2018-11-09
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2018-07-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2017-11-16
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2017-11-03
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2017-10-12
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CAMPBELL, Pamela appointed
secretary
2017-08-31
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GALLAGHER, Robert Stuart resigned
secretary
2017-08-31
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GALLAGHER, Robert Stuart resigned
director
2016-10-25
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GALLAGHER, Robert Stuart appointed
director
2016-09-21
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Company incorporated
As SONGA CREWMANAGEMENT LIMITED
2016-09-21
➕
BLYSTAD, Arne appointed
director
2016-09-21
➕
GALLAGHER, Robert Stuart appointed
secretary
2016-09-21
➕
MACLEOD, Kenneth appointed
director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Arne Blystad Individual · Norwegian · DOB 01/1955 · age 71	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	21/09/2016
Mrs Marianne Blystad Individual · Norwegian · DOB 02/1958 · age 68	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	21/09/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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GALLANACH MARINE CONSULTANTS LIMITED→ SC769319 · est 2023	£72.6k £54.5k–£90.8k	£28.2k	—	200	2y	84	50y
A M TRANSPORT (CAMPBELTOWN) LTD.→ SC355750 · est 2009	—	—	£827.4k	—	17y	82	68y
AAI INTERNATIONAL SCOTLAND LIMITED→ SC383141 · est 2010	—	—	—	800	15y	82	71y
BOYDS COACH HIRE LIMITED→ SC150742 · est 1994	—	—	£476.2k	—	31y	82	63y
BRIAN ADAM`S TRANSPORT LIMITED→ SC307386 · est 2006	—	—	£642.7k	—	19y	82	59y
BROOKFIELD SECURITIES LIMITED→ SC015861 · est 1930 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	96y	82	66y
CRD INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT LTD.→ SC257963 · est 2003	—	—	£130.6k	—	22y	82	70y
D.W. PARKER LIMITED→ SC241950 · est 2003	—	—	£433.1k	—	23y	82	58y
FALKIRK CAR CARRIERS LTD.→ SC228015 · est 2002	—	—	—	16	24y	82	60y
FLYING SCOT GLASGOW LIMITED→ SC182653 · est 1998 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	28y	82	68y
GORDON GRANT MARINE LTD.→ SC265624 · est 2004	—	—	—	8	22y	82	61y

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2016-09-21

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC50200 — SIC 50200

Registered office

2 Marchfield Drive

Paisley

Renfrewshire

PA3 2RB

Scotland

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 · 5 resigned)

MACLEAN, Colin Thomas Sinclair→

secretary · appointed 2022-02-14

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Active

BLYSTAD, Arne→

director · ~71y · appointed 2016-09-21

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Active

MACLEOD, Kenneth David→

director · ~37y · appointed 2023-02-14

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

CAMPBELL, Pamela→

secretary · appointed 2017-10-12 · resigned 2022-02-14

Resigned

GALLAGHER, Robert Stuart→

secretary · appointed 2016-09-21 · resigned 2017-08-31

Resigned

CAMPBELL, Pamela Mae→

director · ~57y · appointed 2018-11-09 · resigned 2022-02-14

Resigned

GALLAGHER, Robert Stuart→

director · ~71y · appointed 2016-10-25 · resigned 2017-08-31

Resigned

MACLEOD, Kenneth→

director · ~71y · appointed 2016-09-21 · resigned 2025-09-11

Resigned

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Recent filings (31 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-09-30

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2025-09-11