CORPOWER OCEAN LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC555644 · ltd · incorporated 2017-01-25
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
26 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
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 Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Average employees2200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 capital
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-02-02
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  3. 2025-11-27
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
  4. 2025-11-27
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2025-04-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-06-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-05-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-08-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-04-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2020-10-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-09-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2020-02-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2019-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-08-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-01-25
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    Company incorporated
    As CORPOWER OCEAN LIMITED
  17. 2017-01-25
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    MÖLLER, Patrik Roger appointed
    director
  18. 2017-01-25
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01

Owner dependency

80/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2017-01-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC71122 — Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities

Registered office

8 Albert Street
Kirkwall
KW15 1HP
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-07
Last: 2026-01-24

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

MÖLLER, Patrik Roger→
director · ~49y · appointed 2017-01-25
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Recent filings (26 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-02
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-02-02
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2025-11-27
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-11-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-04-05