BLUE SEA STAR SHIPPING & INVESTMENT LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
07221400 · ltd · incorporated 2010-04-13
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 50200
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 70). 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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
46 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
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 Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-05-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2026-05-04
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    AVAN, Fakhri resigned
    director
  4. 2025-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-10-23
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  11. 2019-03-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2019-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-04-01
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    ABBASSI-GHADI, Ramin resigned
    director
  14. 2018-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-02-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2017-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-03-04
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  18. 2016-03-03
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    ABBASSI-GHADI, Ramin appointed
    director
  19. 2014-01-01
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    ABBASSI-GHADI, Behrouz appointed
    director
  20. 2010-04-13
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    Company incorporated
    As BLUE SEA STAR SHIPPING & INVESTMENT LIMITED
  21. 2010-04-13
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    SECRETARIES FORM 10 LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2010-04-13
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    SECRETARIES FORM 10 LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2010-04-13
    ➕
    AVAN, Fakhri appointed
    director

Owner dependency

90/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Behrouz Abbassi-Ghadi
Individual · British · DOB 11/1956 · age 70
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · firm interest01/01/2017

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
Incorporated2010-04-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC50200 — SIC 50200

Registered office

45 Lynwood
Annexe Flat
Guildford
GU2 7NY
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-19
Last: 2026-05-05

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

ABBASSI-GHADI, Behrouz→
director · ~70y · appointed 2014-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SECRETARIES FORM 10 LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2010-04-13 · resigned 2010-04-13
Resigned
ABBASSI-GHADI, Ramin→
director · ~34y · appointed 2016-03-03 · resigned 2018-04-01
Resigned
AVAN, Fakhri→
director · ~66y · appointed 2010-04-13 · resigned 2026-05-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (46 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-10-30