ESK OFFSHORE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC182302 · ltd · incorporated 1998-01-21

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

£1.73M

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 09100

Sector: Mining & quarrying

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. 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: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 8.6y

45/100

under pressure

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

· Oldest live charge is 8.6 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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

84 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,734,019

Cash YoY

-27%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£112k

↓ 27% YoY

Net Worth

£1.7m

↑ 9.7% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Cash	£112.0k	£154.4k
Net assets	£1.73M	£1.58M

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2025-09-24
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accounts · AA
2024-12-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-27
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-11
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mortgage · MR01
2019-12-05
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2019-07-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-08-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-11-02
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2017-10-16
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2017-09-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-08-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-01-22
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-12-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2013-11-30
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FINNIE, Lewis resigned
director
2011-12-01
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CAMPBELL, Brian Robert appointed
director
1998-11-27
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FINNIE, Lewis appointed
director
1998-11-27
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HUNTER, Neil Cameron resigned
nominee-director
1998-11-27
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RENNIE, Thomas George resigned
nominee-director
1998-01-21
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Company incorporated
As ESK OFFSHORE LIMITED
1998-01-21
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PETERKINS, SOLICITORS appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1998-01-21
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HUNTER, Neil Cameron appointed
nominee-director
1998-01-21
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RENNIE, Thomas George 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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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.)

Group structure

B R Campbell Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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B R Campbell Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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ESK OFFSHORE LIMITED

This company · SC182302

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
B R Campbell Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	06/04/2016

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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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.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1998-01-21

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC09100 — SIC 09100

Registered office

100 Union Street

Aberdeen

AB10 1QR

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-04

Last: 2026-01-21

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

PETERKINS, SOLICITORS→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-01-21

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

CAMPBELL, Brian Robert→

director · ~62y · appointed 2011-12-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

FINNIE, Lewis→

director · ~76y · appointed 1998-11-27 · resigned 2013-11-30

Resigned

HUNTER, Neil Cameron→

nominee-director · ~69y · appointed 1998-01-21 · resigned 1998-11-27

Resigned

RENNIE, Thomas George→

nominee-director · ~79y · appointed 1998-01-21 · resigned 1998-11-27

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	A registered charge	1 property	05/12/2019	—
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	A registered charge	—	16/10/2017	—

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Recent filings (84 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-01-26

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-09-24

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-01-30

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-12-04

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2024-08-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-01-22

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-11-03

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-01-30

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-10-17

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-01-31

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-08-16

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-03-10

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2020-11-19

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-02-04

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date

mortgage · MR01

2019-12-11