MARAEN HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive

SC798197 · ltd · incorporated 2024-02-07

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 Jul 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

70/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

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

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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 0.3y

50/100

clean up first

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

· Newest facility, 0.3 years old — likely still in initial term.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 23/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (74/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

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

Directors & officers

14 officers (6 active, 14 linked, 13 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

56 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

70/100Strong

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

Some moderate concerns — review flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-07-30
Average employees	900

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

filings

• 2 accounts

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 accounts
• 1 change-of-name
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 accounts
• 1 change-of-name
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (48 events)Click to expand

2026-03-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2026-03-25
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2026-03-23
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certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2026-01-23
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-01-20
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2025-09-08
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-09-08
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-09-01
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-08-29
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-08-29
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-08-04
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-08-04
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-08-01
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-08-01
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-08-01
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-08-01
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-08-01
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-08-01
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-08-01
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-08-01
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-08-01
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-08-01
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-31
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HAYAKAWA, Yoshihiro appointed
director
2025-07-31
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KOMAKI, Naota appointed
director
2025-07-31
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MORIGUCHI, Takeyasu appointed
director
2025-07-31
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OKUBO, Mitsuaki appointed
director
2025-07-31
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FARMER, Gordon James resigned
director
2025-07-31
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MACGREGOR, Donald Alexander resigned
director
2025-07-31
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MACGREGOR, Iain Ross resigned
director
2025-07-31
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MACGREGOR, John Angus resigned
director
2025-07-31
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MACGREGOR, Roderick James resigned
director
2025-07-31
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SONAI, Junichi resigned
director
2025-07-31
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certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-07-30
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-07-30
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-05-08
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KONNO, Jun appointed
director
2025-05-08
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FARMER, Gordon James appointed
director
2025-05-08
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FORBES, Neil David resigned
director
2025-05-08
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GARDNER, Ross Scott resigned
director
2025-05-08
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MACGREGOR, Donald Alexander appointed
director
2025-05-08
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MACGREGOR, Iain Ross appointed
director
2025-05-08
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MACGREGOR, John Angus appointed
director
2025-05-08
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MACGREGOR, Roderick James appointed
director
2025-05-08
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SONAI, Junichi appointed
director
2024-02-07
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Company incorporated
As MARAEN HOLDINGS LIMITED
2024-02-07
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STRONACHS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2024-02-07
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FORBES, Neil David appointed
director
2024-02-07
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GARDNER, Ross Scott appointed
director

Owner dependency

53/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
+Young company: Only 2.2 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

40/100

Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.

Red flags

2 med · 1 low

8 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: FARMER, Gordon James resigned 2025-07-31; FORBES, Neil David resigned 2025-05-08; GARDNER, Ross Scott resigned 2025-05-08

Name changed 2 times

medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2026-03-23: certificate-change-of-name-company; 2025-07-31: certificate-change-of-name-company

Multiple registered office changes

low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Group structure

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

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Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares · board control

significant stake

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Mitsui & Co. Europe Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares · board control

majority

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MARAEN HOLDINGS LIMITED

This company · SC798197

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mitsui & Co. Europe Ltd Corporate entity	50–75%	50–75%	board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control	08/05/2025
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd Corporate entity	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	31/07/2025

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Geg Capital Holdings Ltdceased 31/07/2025· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control
Stronachs Nominees Limitedceased 08/05/2025· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2024-02-07

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Port Of Nigg

Ross-Shire

IV19 1QU

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-07-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-20

Last: 2026-02-06