GENERAL OCEANS UK HOLDINGS LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC308386 · ltd · incorporated 2006-09-11

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of head offices

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Conservative operator with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

28 officers (3 active, 28 linked, 22 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

116 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £2,306,333

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31
Operating profit	£-89.0k
Profit before tax	£2.31M
Average employees	0

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 capital

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 capital

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (76 events)Click to expand

2026-02-04
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capital · SH01
2025-09-18
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accounts · AA
2025-07-15
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capital · SH01
2025-03-31
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-31
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officers · CH01
2025-03-31
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-21
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certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2023-09-14
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-09-14
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-09-14
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-08-31
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BRADLEY, David resigned
director
2023-08-31
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MCCLOY, Jacqueline resigned
director
2023-08-31
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MITCHELL, Alastair James Leslie resigned
director
2023-04-11
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-04-11
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-04-04
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BURTON, Andrew James appointed
secretary
2023-04-04
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HANSON, Sally Cathleen resigned
secretary
2023-01-19
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-11-16
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accounts · AA01
2022-09-30
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LOHRMANN, Atle appointed
director
2022-09-30
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VAN HEERDEN, Anton Marius appointed
director
2022-09-30
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HEAD, Christopher Alan resigned
secretary
2022-09-30
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BOWERS, Craig Stephen resigned
director
2022-09-30
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PARKER-WHITE, Pam resigned
director
2022-09-30
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PARKER-WHITE, Pam resigned
director
2022-09-30
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-09-30
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-09-30
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officers · AP01
2022-09-30
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-09-30
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-09-30
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-04-01
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HANSON, Sally Cathleen appointed
secretary
2022-04-01
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MCCLOY, Jacqueline resigned
secretary
2020-01-08
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KNOX, Mark Alexander James resigned
director
2019-09-28
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NORMAN, David John resigned
director
2019-06-07
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KNOX, Mark Alexander James appointed
director
2017-10-01
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BALL, Lawrence John resigned
director
2017-10-01
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BOWERS, Craig Stephen appointed
director
2017-10-01
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GLISTER, Michael John resigned
director
2017-10-01
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MITCHELL, Alastair James Leslie appointed
director
2015-01-27
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PARKER-WHITE, Pam appointed
director
2015-01-27
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PARKER-WHITE, Pam appointed
director
2014-10-10
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BESWICK, Simon resigned
director
2014-10-10
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BRADLEY, David appointed
director
2013-10-25
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HARVEY, Patrick Ronald resigned
director
2012-08-22
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HEAD, Christopher Alan appointed
secretary
2012-08-22
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BALL, Lawrence John appointed
director
2012-08-22
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GLISTER, Michael John appointed
director

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Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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

General Oceans As is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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General Oceans As

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

ultimate parent

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GENERAL OCEANS UK HOLDINGS LTD

This company · SC308386

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
General Oceans As Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	01/10/2022
Mr Atle Lohrmann Individual · Norwegian · DOB 06/1958 · age 68	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	30/09/2022

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Moog Reading Ltdceased 30/09/2022· 75-100% shares

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2006-09-11

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

Peregrine Road Westhill Business Park

Westhill

Aberdeen

Aberdeenshire

AB32 6JL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-23

Last: 2025-09-09

Officers (3 active · 25 resigned)

BURTON, Andrew James→

secretary · appointed 2023-04-04

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

LOHRMANN, Atle→

director · ~68y · appointed 2022-09-30

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

VAN HEERDEN, Anton Marius→

director · ~59y · appointed 2022-09-30

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

HANSON, Sally Cathleen→

secretary · appointed 2022-04-01 · resigned 2023-04-04

Resigned

HEAD, Christopher Alan→

secretary · appointed 2012-08-22 · resigned 2022-09-30

Resigned

MCCLOY, Jacqueline→

secretary · appointed 2010-10-06 · resigned 2022-04-01

Resigned

STRONACHS→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-09-11 · resigned 2008-05-08

Resigned

STRONACHS SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-05-08 · resigned 2010-10-06

Resigned

BALL, Lawrence John→

director · ~72y · appointed 2012-08-22 · resigned 2017-10-01

Resigned

BESWICK, Simon→

director · ~62y · appointed 2008-10-01 · resigned 2014-10-10

Resigned

BOWERS, Craig Stephen→

director · ~55y · appointed 2017-10-01 · resigned 2022-09-30

Resigned

BRADLEY, David→

director · ~54y · appointed 2014-10-10 · resigned 2023-08-31

Resigned

CHESNEY, Carol Tredway→

director · ~64y · appointed 2006-11-24 · resigned 2007-11-20

Resigned

GLISTER, Michael John→

director · ~72y · appointed 2012-08-22 · resigned 2017-10-01

Resigned

HARVEY, Patrick Ronald→

director · ~67y · appointed 2012-08-22 · resigned 2013-10-25

Resigned

KNOX, Mark Alexander James→

director · ~55y · appointed 2019-06-07 · resigned 2020-01-08

Resigned

LAVELLE, Mark Stephen→

director · ~68y · appointed 2011-04-04 · resigned 2012-08-22

Resigned

LLEWELLYN, Jeremy Norman→

director · ~58y · appointed 2006-11-24 · resigned 2007-11-15

Resigned

MARSH, Richard John→

director · ~82y · appointed 2006-11-22 · resigned 2009-02-19

Resigned

MCCLOY, Jacqueline→

director · ~71y · appointed 2009-02-18 · resigned 2023-08-31

Resigned

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Recent filings (116 total)

capital-allotment-shares

capital · SH01

2026-02-04

accounts-with-accounts-type-full

accounts · AA

2025-09-18

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-09-09

capital-allotment-shares

capital · SH01

2025-07-15

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2025-03-31

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

officers · CH01

2025-03-31

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

officers · CH01

2025-03-31

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-09-23

accounts-with-accounts-type-full

accounts · AA

2024-09-12

accounts-with-accounts-type-full

accounts · AA

2023-10-02

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-09-25

certificate-change-of-name-company

change-of-name · CERTNM

2023-09-21

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

officers · TM01

2023-09-14

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

officers · TM01

2023-09-14

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

officers · TM01

2023-09-14