SANDPOINT MARINA LIMITED

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SC159616 · ltd · incorporated 1995-08-09
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 Aug 2024
Net worth
£596.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 52101
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 79). 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).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 11.7y

45/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 11.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
69 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 £596,592
Cash YoY
-23%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£204k
↓ 23% YoY
Net Worth
£597k
↑ 6.2% YoY
Current Assets
£353k
↑ 3.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£119k£239k£358k£477k£597kAug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Total assets£731.3k£739.8k
Current assets£353.2k£342.6k
Cash£204.0k£265.4k
Debtors£140.7k£71.7k
Net assets£596.6k£561.9k

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-30
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  2. 2024-05-31
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  3. 2023-05-31
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  4. 2022-05-31
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  5. 2021-08-31
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  6. 2020-08-29
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  7. 2019-05-31
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  8. 2018-05-25
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  9. 2017-05-31
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  10. 2016-05-27
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  11. 2015-09-07
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  12. 2015-06-02
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  13. 2015-05-29
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  14. 2015-05-26
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  15. 2014-09-05
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  16. 2014-08-28
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  17. 2014-08-22
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  18. 1996-08-09
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    DOHERTY, Agnes appointed
    secretary
  19. 1995-08-09
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    Company incorporated
    As SANDPOINT MARINA LIMITED
  20. 1995-08-09
    ➕
    DOHERTY, Patrick Dominic appointed
    director
  21. 1995-08-09
    ➕
    REID, Brian appointed
    nominee-secretary
  22. 1995-08-09
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    REID, Brian resigned
    nominee-secretary
  23. 1995-08-09
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    MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
    nominee-director
  24. 1995-08-09
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    MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Agnes Doherty
Individual · British · DOB 09/1947 · age 79
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/07/2016
Mr Patrick Dominic Doherty
Individual · British · DOB 08/1947 · age 79
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/07/2016

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

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1995-08-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC52101 — SIC 52101

Registered office

Sandpoint
Woodyard Road
Dumbarton
G82 4BG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-23
Last: 2025-08-09

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

DOHERTY, Agnes→
secretary · appointed 1996-08-09
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Active
DOHERTY, Patrick Dominic→
director · ~79y · appointed 1995-08-09
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Active
REID, Brian→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-08-09 · resigned 1995-08-09
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen→
nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1995-08-09 · resigned 1995-08-09
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
A registered charge—26/05/2015—
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property22/08/2014—
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Recent filings (69 total)

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2025-08-18
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2025-05-30
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2024-08-15
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2024-05-31
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2023-08-17
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2023-05-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-09
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2022-05-31
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2021-08-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-13
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2020-08-29
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2020-08-14
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2019-08-14
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2019-05-31
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2018-08-11