SEAGULL HOLDINGS

🌳Matureactive
SC095532 · private-unlimited · incorporated 1985-10-15
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 25.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Dormant / non-trading with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 25.9y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 25.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (57/100)

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
0
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
76 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 3 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-01-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-12-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-12-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-01-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2024-01-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2023-01-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2018-01-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2018-01-10
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  10. 2016-01-24
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  11. 2015-09-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2015-01-27
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2014-07-22
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  14. 2014-02-04
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2013-01-03
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2007-10-11
    ➕
    BENNETT, Susan Robertson appointed
    secretary
  17. 2007-03-21
    ➕
    BENNETT, Susan Robertson appointed
    director
  18. 2007-02-21
    ➖
    SKENE EDWARDS WS resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  19. 2000-09-05
    ➖
    BENNETT, John Blair resigned
    secretary
  20. 2000-09-05
    ➕
    SKENE EDWARDS WS appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2000-09-05
    ➖
    BENNETT, David Blair resigned
    director
  22. 2000-06-12
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  23. 1985-10-15
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As SEAGULL HOLDINGS

Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 41 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
My John Blair Bennett
Individual · British · DOB 03/1944 · age 82
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control31/12/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-unlimited
Incorporated1985-10-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

21 Logie Mill
Edinburgh
EH7 4HG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: —
Last made up to: 2005-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-14
Last: 2025-12-31

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

BENNETT, Susan Robertson→
secretary · appointed 2007-10-11
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Active
BENNETT, John Blair, My→
director · ~82y
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Active
BENNETT, Susan Robertson→
director · ~75y · appointed 2007-03-21
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Active
BENNETT, John Blair→
secretary · resigned 2000-09-05
Resigned
SKENE EDWARDS WS→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-09-05 · resigned 2007-02-21
Resigned
BENNETT, David Blair→
director · ~77y · resigned 2000-09-05
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Standard security1 property12/06/2000—
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Recent filings (76 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-01-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-01-03