TIDEWATER SUPPORT SERVICES LIMITED

📉Decliningactive

00935061 · ltd · incorporated 1968-07-08

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.

Opportunity decay

drifting distress · 6-months

Drifting toward distress — expect more negotiability in 3–6 months, but also more friction.

· Lifecycle stage drifting downward
· Currently "declining"

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 52220

Sector: Transportation & storage

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: conservative operator with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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

34 officers (3 active, 34 linked, 23 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

202 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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £14,000

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Operating profit	£14.0k	£4.90M
Profit before tax	£14.0k	£4.90M
Average employees	200	200

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (81 events)Click to expand

2025-09-30
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2024-09-30
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2024-06-10
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officers · CH01
2024-06-10
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officers · CH01
2024-06-10
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address · AD01
2023-10-10
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accounts · AA
2023-09-26
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officers · CH01
2023-09-26
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officers · CH01
2023-09-26
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-10-10
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accounts · AA
2022-04-05
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address · AD01
2021-10-05
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accounts · AA
2021-01-04
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accounts · AA
2019-11-04
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accounts · AA
2019-10-15
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officers · TM01
2019-09-06
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officers · AP01
2019-09-03
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RYND, John Tormey resigned
director
2019-09-03
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officers · TM01
2019-07-02
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WALKER, Davor resigned
director
2019-06-30
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GEDDES, Ewan Mcintosh appointed
director
2018-12-19
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officers · TM01
2018-11-15
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KNEEN, Quintin Venable appointed
director
2018-11-14
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FANNING, Quinn Paul resigned
director
2018-10-01
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PLATT, Jeffrey Michael resigned
director
2018-10-01
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RYND, John Tormey appointed
director
2017-07-07
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CAMBRE, Clay resigned
secretary
2016-12-14
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HART, Richard resigned
director
2016-12-14
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WALKER, Davor appointed
director
2012-08-07
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PLATT, Jeffrey Michael appointed
director
2012-08-07
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TAYLOR, Dean Edward resigned
director
2011-06-30
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DICK, Stephen Wallace resigned
director
2011-06-22
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TURCAN CONNELL COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2011-06-22
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BELL & SCOTT (SECRETARIAL SERVICES) LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2008-12-31
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FANNING, Quinn Paul appointed
director
2008-12-31
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LOUSTEAU, Joseph Keith resigned
director
2007-06-29
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LABORDE, Cliffe Floyd resigned
secretary
2007-06-12
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GOLDBLATT, Michael Lee resigned
secretary
2007-04-01
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CAMBRE, Clay appointed
secretary
2006-05-31
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DONNELLY, James Harkness resigned
secretary
2004-08-13
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JAYNES III, Porter Kennedy resigned
director
2004-08-12
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HART, Richard appointed
director
2004-05-18
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BELL & SCOTT (SECRETARIAL SERVICES) LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2004-04-30
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DAVIDSON CHALMERS (SECRETARIAL SERVICES) LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2004-01-08
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DAVIDSON CHALMERS (SECRETARIAL SERVICES) LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2003-11-05
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HARKNESS, James Alan resigned
secretary
2002-12-13
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DONNELLY, James Harkness resigned
director
2002-12-13
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JAYNES III, Porter Kennedy appointed
director
2002-03-31
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O'MALLEY, William Charles resigned
director
2001-10-01
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HARKNESS, James Alan appointed
secretary
2001-06-20
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DONNELLY, James Harkness appointed
secretary

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Owner dependency

66/100

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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 58 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

clean

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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

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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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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

Incorporated1968-07-08

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC52220 — SIC 52220

Registered office

6th Floor 17a

Curzon Street

London

W1J 5HS

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-07

Last: 2025-11-23

Officers (3 active · 31 resigned)

TURCAN CONNELL COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2011-06-22

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

GEDDES, Ewan Mcintosh→

director · ~57y · appointed 2019-06-30

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

KNEEN, Quintin Venable→

director · ~61y · appointed 2018-11-15

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

CAMBRE, Clay→

secretary · appointed 2007-04-01 · resigned 2017-07-07

Resigned

DONNELLY, James Harkness→

secretary · appointed 2001-06-20 · resigned 2006-05-31

Resigned

GOLDBLATT, Michael Lee→

secretary · appointed 1997-05-16 · resigned 2007-06-12

Resigned

HARKNESS, James Alan→

secretary · appointed 2001-10-01 · resigned 2003-11-05

Resigned

HART, Richard→

secretary · appointed 1997-10-23 · resigned 2001-06-20

Resigned

LABORDE, Cliffe Floyd→

secretary · appointed 1997-05-16 · resigned 2007-06-29

Resigned

MACKENZIE, Donald Sween→

secretary · appointed 1997-05-16 · resigned 1999-06-01

Resigned

WALLS, Kenneth Charles→

secretary · appointed 1991-06-03 · resigned 1997-05-16

Resigned

BELL & SCOTT (SECRETARIAL SERVICES) LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-05-18 · resigned 2011-06-22

Resigned

DAVIDSON CHALMERS (SECRETARIAL SERVICES) LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-01-08 · resigned 2004-04-30

Resigned

BARTON, Derek John→

director · ~81y · resigned 1993-03-31

Resigned

CURRENCE, Richard Morrison→

director · ~88y · appointed 1997-05-16 · resigned 2001-06-20

Resigned

DICK, Stephen Wallace→

director · ~77y · appointed 1997-05-16 · resigned 2011-06-30

Resigned

DONNELLY, James Harkness→

director · ~78y · appointed 2001-06-20 · resigned 2002-12-13

Resigned

FANNING, Quinn Paul→

director · ~63y · appointed 2008-12-31 · resigned 2018-11-14

Resigned

HAMILTON, John Alexander→

director · ~86y · appointed 1992-08-10 · resigned 1997-05-16

Resigned

HARPER, David→

director · ~80y · appointed 1995-04-06 · resigned 1996-07-31

Resigned

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Recent filings (202 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-11-27

accounts-with-accounts-type-full

accounts · AA

2025-09-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-12-02

accounts-with-accounts-type-full

accounts · AA

2024-09-30

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2024-06-10

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2024-06-10

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2024-06-10

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-12-06

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2023-10-10

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-09-26

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-09-26

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2023-09-26

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-12-06

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2022-10-10

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2022-04-05