SOCIETY OF MARITIME INDUSTRIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

00883132 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1966-07-08

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 Sept 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of business and employers membership organisations

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (63/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

100 officers (16 active, 100 linked, 92 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

426 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

75/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

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 · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-09-30
Average employees	2300

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (195 events)Click to expand

2026-05-06
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officers · AP01
2026-04-13
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officers · TM01
2026-04-07
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BARTON, Richard John appointed
director
2026-01-07
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officers · TM01
2025-11-06
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officers · AP01
2025-10-23
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BUCKLEY, Richard David resigned
director
2025-10-23
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officers · TM01
2025-10-17
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officers · AP01
2025-10-02
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officers · AP01
2025-09-30
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officers · AP01
2025-09-30
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officers · AP01
2025-09-30
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officers · AP01
2025-09-25
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GRAHAM, James William Ramage appointed
director
2025-09-25
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GULLICK, Huw Morgan appointed
director
2025-09-25
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KNOTT, Michael Bruce appointed
director
2025-09-25
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LONG, Adrian Montague appointed
director
2025-09-25
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MCFARLANE, Ian appointed
director
2025-09-25
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MACSWEEN, John Angus resigned
director
2025-09-25
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officers · TM01
2025-09-25
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officers · TM01
2025-07-11
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officers · TM01
2025-07-01
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FITZ-GERALD, Stephen John resigned
director
2025-04-24
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MCGINLEY, David Thomas resigned
director
2025-04-24
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officers · TM01
2025-02-25
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accounts · AA
2024-11-11
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officers · TM01
2024-11-01
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COCUCCIO, André Vittorio resigned
director
2024-07-09
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officers · AP01
2024-07-01
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BUCKLEY, Richard David appointed
director
2024-07-01
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incorporation · MA
2024-06-21
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accounts · AA
2024-01-04
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officers · TM01
2023-12-14
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CARDY, Claire Louise resigned
director
2023-11-06
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officers · CH01
2023-10-24
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officers · TM01
2023-10-12
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PAULL, Elizabeth Maire resigned
director
2023-01-01
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MOWAT, Ryan, Dr appointed
director
2023-01-01
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O'SULLIVAN, David Simon appointed
director
2023-01-01
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RANKINE, Gordon Alexander appointed
director
2022-11-06
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KHURMI, Anupam appointed
director
2022-11-02
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CARDY, Claire Louise appointed
director
2022-11-02
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COCUCCIO, André Vittorio appointed
director
2022-10-06
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CONNOR, Rachel appointed
director
2022-10-06
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KNIGHT, Carol Anne appointed
director
2022-10-06
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CHANT, Thomas Richard resigned
secretary
2022-10-06
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OZTURK, Saruhan Mustafa resigned
director
2022-10-01
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GOULD, Russell Charles resigned
director
2022-03-31
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DEVANI, Suketu Kishor resigned
director
2022-03-31
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JONES, Philip resigned
director
2021-10-07
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BULLIVANT, John Christopher resigned
director

Showing most recent 50 of 195 events

Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS

-16 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

3 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

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

Evidence: BUCKLEY, Richard David resigned 2025-10-23; FITZ-GERALD, Stephen John resigned 2025-07-01; MACSWEEN, John Angus resigned 2025-09-25

🔒Co-director network graph

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

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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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1966-07-08

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC94110 — Activities of business and employers membership organisations

Registered office

28-29 Threadneedle Street

London

EC2R 8AY

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-14

Last: 2026-04-30