MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive

SC625736 · ltd · incorporated 2019-03-27

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 6.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

—

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Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Environmental consulting activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 6.9y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 6.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 28/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (59/100)

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

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

22 officers (16 active, 22 linked, 21 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

67 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (52 events)Click to expand

2026-04-02
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officers · CH01
2025-10-22
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accounts · AA
2025-10-22
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accounts · PARENT_ACC
2025-10-22
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legacy
other · AGREEMENT2
2025-10-04
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legacy
accounts · PARENT_ACC
2025-10-04
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legacy
other · GUARANTEE2
2025-09-24
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officers · AP01
2025-09-23
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legacy
accounts · PARENT_ACC
2025-09-23
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legacy
other · GUARANTEE2
2025-09-17
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BUCHAN, Alistair appointed
director
2025-07-01
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officers · TM01
2025-06-20
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DOUGAL, Robert Ross resigned
director
2025-06-16
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduary
accounts · AA
2024-08-07
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legacy
accounts · PARENT_ACC
2024-08-07
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legacy
other · GUARANTEE2
2024-08-07
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legacy
other · AGREEMENT2
2023-10-16
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduary
accounts · AA
2023-09-16
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legacy
accounts · PARENT_ACC
2023-09-16
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legacy
other · AGREEMENT2
2023-09-16
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legacy
other · GUARANTEE2
2023-07-20
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KENNING, Anthony Martin resigned
director
2023-07-20
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-07-20
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officers · AP01
2023-07-19
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MACLEOD, Angus Malcolm Mackenzie appointed
director
2023-04-28
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WOOD, William Allen resigned
director
2023-01-18
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KEITH, Sheila Marian appointed
director
2021-10-20
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GILCHRIST, David James appointed
director
2021-08-17
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RITCHIE, Alexander Brown resigned
director
2020-12-03
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MATHESON, Fiona resigned
director
2020-10-21
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FENNELL, Hannah Louise appointed
director
2020-04-22
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WOOD, William Allen appointed
director
2019-09-27
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ARMSTRONG, Charles Albert resigned
director
2019-09-10
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DAVIDSON, John appointed
director
2019-09-10
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KENNING, Anthony Martin appointed
director
2019-09-10
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MATHESON, Fiona appointed
director
2019-08-05
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MACDONALD, Elspeth Mary appointed
director
2019-07-24
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GATT, Ian appointed
director
2019-07-24
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ISBISTER, Brian Neil appointed
director
2019-07-24
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MCKENZIE, William appointed
director
2019-07-24
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MILNE, David Taylor appointed
director
2019-07-24
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PARK, Michael appointed
director
2019-07-24
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ROBERTSON, Mark William appointed
director
2019-07-24
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RITCHIE, Alexander Brown appointed
director
2019-06-14
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
2019-04-24
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DUTHIE, Derek appointed
director
2019-04-24
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DOUGAL, Robert Ross appointed
director
2019-03-27
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Company incorporated
As MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS LIMITED
2019-03-27
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DUTHIE, Derek appointed
secretary

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Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-15 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100

Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.

Red flags

clean

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

Group structure

S.F.F. Services Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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S.F.F. Services Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS LIMITED

This company · SC625736

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
S.F.F. Services Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	27/03/2019

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

Incorporated2019-03-27

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC74901 — Environmental consulting activities

Registered office

24 Rubislaw Terrace

Aberdeen

AB10 1XE

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-14

Last: 2026-03-31