SCANBIO (SCOTLAND) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC181857 · ltd · incorporated 1997-12-31

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

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£-1.46M

book net assets

Opportunity

74/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 38320

Sector: Water supply & waste

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

13 officers (1 active, 13 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

93 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

74/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £1,456,450

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£1.5m

↓ 50% YoY

Current Assets

£545k

↑ 69% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£-1.46M	£537.4k
Current assets	£544.6k	£322.8k
Net assets	£-1.46M	£-971.9k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 address
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 address
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (40 events)Click to expand

2026-02-03
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-21
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-09-14
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-09-01
➕
DENSTAD, Are Dybvad appointed
director
2025-09-01
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HYDE, Christopher Robert Corsie resigned
director
2024-10-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-16
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-08-16
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-08-15
➖
ADAM, Nikolaos resigned
director
2022-08-15
➕
HYDE, Christopher Robert Corsie appointed
director
2022-03-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-06-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-08-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-09-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2014-10-10
➕
ADAM, Nikolaos appointed
director
2014-10-10
➖
MCDONALD, Peter John resigned
director
2014-03-19
➖
JONES, Christopher Paul resigned
secretary
2014-01-17
➖
JONES, Christopher Paul resigned
director
2012-06-30
➖
EIDE, Per Arne resigned
director
2012-06-30
➖
HYLLMARK, Bjorn resigned
director
2012-06-30
➕
MCDONALD, Peter John appointed
director
2004-01-01
➕
JONES, Christopher Paul appointed
secretary
2003-09-23
➕
JONES, Christopher Paul appointed
director
2003-06-23
➖
JONES, Christopher Paul resigned
secretary
2003-06-23
➖
JONES, Christopher Paul resigned
director
2000-05-12
➕
EIDE, Per Arne appointed
director
2000-05-12
➖
EIDE, Rolf resigned
director
1998-12-23
➕
JONES, Christopher Paul appointed
secretary
1998-12-23
➕
EIDE, Rolf appointed
director
1998-12-23
➕
HYLLMARK, Bjorn appointed
director
1997-12-31
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Company incorporated
As SCANBIO (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
1997-12-31
➕
REID, Brian appointed
nominee-secretary
1997-12-31
➖
REID, Brian resigned
nominee-secretary
1997-12-31
➕
JONES, Christopher Paul appointed
director
1997-12-31
➕
MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
nominee-director
1997-12-31
➖
MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
nominee-director

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

clean

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

Group structure

Scanbio Marine Group Holdings is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️

Scanbio Marine Group Holdings

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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SCANBIO (SCOTLAND) LIMITED

This company · SC181857

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Scanbio Marine Group Holdings Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest	06/04/2016

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

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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1997-12-31

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC38320 — SIC 38320

Registered office

7 South Charlotte Street

Edinburgh

EH2 4AN

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-02

Last: 2026-01-19

Officers (1 active · 12 resigned)

DENSTAD, Are Dybvad→

director · ~36y · appointed 2025-09-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

JONES, Christopher Paul→

secretary · appointed 2004-01-01 · resigned 2014-03-19

Resigned

JONES, Christopher Paul→

secretary · appointed 1998-12-23 · resigned 2003-06-23

Resigned

REID, Brian→

nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-12-31 · resigned 1997-12-31

Resigned

ADAM, Nikolaos→

director · ~59y · appointed 2014-10-10 · resigned 2022-08-15

Resigned

EIDE, Per Arne→

director · ~75y · appointed 2000-05-12 · resigned 2012-06-30

Resigned

EIDE, Rolf→

director · ~79y · appointed 1998-12-23 · resigned 2000-05-12

Resigned

HYDE, Christopher Robert Corsie→

director · ~53y · appointed 2022-08-15 · resigned 2025-09-01

Resigned

HYLLMARK, Bjorn→

director · ~74y · appointed 1998-12-23 · resigned 2012-06-30

Resigned

JONES, Christopher Paul→

director · ~73y · appointed 2003-09-23 · resigned 2014-01-17

Resigned

JONES, Christopher Paul→

director · ~73y · appointed 1997-12-31 · resigned 2003-06-23

Resigned

MABBOTT, Stephen→

nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1997-12-31 · resigned 1997-12-31

Resigned

MCDONALD, Peter John→

director · ~66y · appointed 2012-06-30 · resigned 2014-10-10

Resigned

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Recent filings (93 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2026-02-03

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-02-02

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-12-23

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2025-09-21

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2025-09-14

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-01-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-10-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-01-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-09-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-01-19

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2022-08-16

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2022-08-16

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-03-25

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-01-19

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-01-04