CLYDE MARINA LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC155326 · ltd · incorporated 1995-01-13
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£1.09M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company 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: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -34% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 30.1y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 30.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
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
95 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,086,607
Net assets shrinking
Down £100,889 YoY
Cash YoY
-34%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£318k
↓ 34% YoY
Net Worth
£1.1m
↓ 8.5% YoY
Current Assets
£633k
↓ 16% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£237k£475k£712k£950k£1.2mSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£1.19M£1.31M
Current assets£632.7k£750.0k
Cash£317.6k£484.3k
Debtors£311.8k£263.5k
Net assets£1.09M£1.19M

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-04
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  2. 2025-02-03
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  3. 2025-01-23
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  4. 2024-04-27
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  5. 2023-01-27
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  6. 2022-03-26
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  7. 2021-05-25
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  8. 2020-05-21
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  9. 2019-05-02
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  10. 2018-04-18
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  11. 2017-03-24
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  12. 2016-09-06
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  13. 2016-06-21
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    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  14. 2016-03-10
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  15. 2015-12-21
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-03-18
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    ARMSTRONG, Adam Inglis appointed
    secretary
  17. 2015-03-18
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    DM COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  18. 2014-07-29
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    TOURLAMAIN, Gordon Owen resigned
    director
  19. 2004-01-10
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    LIMB, Simon Richard appointed
    director
  20. 1996-04-01
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  21. 1995-11-10
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    MARTIN, Eric Harvey appointed
    director
  22. 1995-11-10
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    BRUCE, Roderick Lawrence resigned
    nominee-director
  23. 1995-11-10
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    MINTO, Bruce Watson resigned
    nominee-director
  24. 1995-11-10
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    TOURLAMAIN, Gordon Owen appointed
    director
  25. 1995-01-13
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    Company incorporated
    As CLYDE MARINA LIMITED
  26. 1995-01-13
    ➕
    DM COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 1995-01-13
    ➕
    BRUCE, Roderick Lawrence appointed
    nominee-director
  28. 1995-01-13
    ➕
    MINTO, Bruce Watson appointed
    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 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — 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 82 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 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Eric Harvey Martin
Individual · British · DOB 06/1944 · age 82
——sig. influencesignificant influence12/12/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1995-01-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC93290 — Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Registered office

The Harbour
Ardrossan
Ayrshire
KA22 8DB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-30
Last: 2025-12-16

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

ARMSTRONG, Adam Inglis→
secretary · appointed 2015-03-18
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Active
LIMB, Simon Richard→
director · ~71y · appointed 2004-01-10
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Active
MARTIN, Eric Harvey→
director · ~82y · appointed 1995-11-10
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Active
DM COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-01-13 · resigned 2015-03-18
Resigned
BRUCE, Roderick Lawrence→
nominee-director · ~78y · appointed 1995-01-13 · resigned 1995-11-10
Resigned
MINTO, Bruce Watson→
nominee-director · appointed 1995-01-13 · resigned 1995-11-10
Resigned
TOURLAMAIN, Gordon Owen→
director · ~82y · appointed 1995-11-10 · resigned 2014-07-29
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property01/04/1996—
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Recent filings (95 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-02-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-18
capital-alter-shares-redemption-statement-of-capital
capital · SH02
2025-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-16