ARDORAN MARINE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC290011 · ltd · incorporated 2005-09-07
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 19.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£455.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). 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 (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 19.7y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 19.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
85 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 £455,919
Cash YoY
+97%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£85k
↑ 97% YoY
Net Worth
£456k
↑ 14% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
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£0£91k£182k£274k£365k£456kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Cash£85.0k£43.1k
Net assets£455.9k£400.9k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
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Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  3. 2023-09-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2023-07-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
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    officers · CH03
  9. 2022-09-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2022-09-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-08-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2021-08-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-09-08
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  14. 2020-09-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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  19. 2020-09-08
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  20. 2012-01-06
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  21. 2006-09-12
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  22. 2005-09-07
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    Company incorporated
    As ARDORAN MARINE LIMITED
  23. 2005-09-07
    ➕
    ROBERTSON, Colin William appointed
    secretary
  24. 2005-09-07
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    ROBERTSON, Anne Ferguson appointed
    director
  25. 2005-09-07
    ➕
    ROBERTSON, Colin William appointed
    director
  26. 2005-09-07
    ➕
    ROBERTSON, Euan John appointed
    director
  27. 2005-09-07
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2005-09-07
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2005-09-07
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  30. 2005-09-07
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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
Colin William Robertson
Individual · British · DOB 01/1970 · age 56
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2005-09-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Ardoran Marine Limited
Lerags
Oban
Argyll And Bute
PA34 4SE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-17
Last: 2025-09-03

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

ROBERTSON, Colin William→
secretary · appointed 2005-09-07
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Active
ROBERTSON, Anne Ferguson→
director · ~79y · appointed 2005-09-07
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Active
ROBERTSON, Colin William→
director · ~56y · appointed 2005-09-07
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Active
ROBERTSON, Euan John→
director · ~48y · appointed 2005-09-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-09-07 · resigned 2005-09-07
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-09-07 · resigned 2005-09-07
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property06/01/2012—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property12/09/2006—
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Recent filings (85 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-09-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-09-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-09-12
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-09-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-08-05