OBAN PORT USERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC131730 · ltd · incorporated 1991-05-09

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 26.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 03110

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). 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 (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 26.2y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 26.2 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 (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

Lenders & charges

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

Directors & officers

12 officers (2 active, 12 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

99 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

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	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand

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2021-01-04
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KNIGHT, Paul Daniel appointed
director
2021-01-04
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HOPKIN, Michael Charles resigned
secretary
2021-01-04
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HOPKIN, Michael Charles resigned
director
2020-04-18
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2019-07-02
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2016-09-21
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2001-05-09
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HOPKIN, Michael Charles appointed
secretary
2000-03-09
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TOSH, Peter resigned
secretary
2000-02-09
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
1997-06-05
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ELLERINGTON, Ronald resigned
secretary
1997-06-05
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TOSH, Peter appointed
secretary
1997-04-04
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ELLERINGTON, Ronald resigned
director
1993-06-30
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ELLERINGTON, Ronald resigned
secretary
1993-06-30
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ELLERINGTON, Ronald resigned
director
1992-05-09
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
1991-10-07
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DOUGLAS- KELLIE, Roderick Leonard John resigned
director
1991-06-03
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TOSH, Peter appointed
director
1991-06-03
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1991-06-03
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DOUGLAS- KELLIE, Roderick Leonard John appointed
director
1991-06-03
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HOPKIN, Michael Charles appointed
director
1991-05-09
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Company incorporated
As OBAN PORT USERS LIMITED
1991-05-09
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1991-05-09
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100

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 35 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 35 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 35 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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Peter Tosh Individual · British · DOB 05/1950 · age 76	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Michael Charles Hopkinceased 04/01/2021· 25-50% shares

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

Incorporated1991-05-09

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC03110 — SIC 03110

Registered office

Unit 1

South Pier

Oban

Argyll

PA34 4LS

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-16

Last: 2025-05-02

Officers (2 active · 10 resigned)

KNIGHT, Paul Daniel→

director · ~49y · appointed 2021-01-04

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Active

TOSH, Peter→

director · ~76y · appointed 1991-06-03

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Active

ELLERINGTON, Ronald→

secretary · resigned 1997-06-05

Resigned

ELLERINGTON, Ronald→

secretary · resigned 1993-06-30

Resigned

HOPKIN, Michael Charles→

secretary · appointed 2001-05-09 · resigned 2021-01-04

Resigned

TOSH, Peter→

secretary · appointed 1997-06-05 · resigned 2000-03-09

Resigned

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1991-05-09 · resigned 1991-06-03

Resigned

DOUGLAS- KELLIE, Roderick Leonard John→

director · ~81y · appointed 1991-06-03 · resigned 1991-10-07

Resigned

ELLERINGTON, Ronald→

director · ~98y · resigned 1997-04-04

Resigned

ELLERINGTON, Ronald→

director · ~98y · resigned 1993-06-30

Resigned

HOPKIN, Michael Charles→

director · ~78y · appointed 1991-06-03 · resigned 2021-01-04

Resigned

JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1991-05-09 · resigned 1992-05-09

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland	Bond & floating charge	1 property	09/02/2000	—

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