SEA-CARGO ABERDEEN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC310601 · ltd · incorporated 2006-10-18
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
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not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 52220
Sector: Transportation & storage
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 52241SIC 52241
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (47/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
50 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-19
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  2. 2024-09-09
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  3. 2023-03-23
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  4. 2022-07-01
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  5. 2021-04-19
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  6. 2020-05-29
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  7. 2019-03-28
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  8. 2018-04-10
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  9. 2017-03-31
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  10. 2016-04-12
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  11. 2015-12-08
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  12. 2015-04-08
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  13. 2014-10-20
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  14. 2014-07-29
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  15. 2014-04-09
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  16. 2008-08-14
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    GJOSTEIN, Tor appointed
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  17. 2008-08-14
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    RAEBURN CHRISTIE CLARK & WALLACE resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  18. 2007-12-17
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    GJOSTEIN, Tor appointed
    director
  19. 2007-12-17
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    SAEVILD, Ole appointed
    director
  20. 2007-12-17
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    RAEBURN CHRISTIE TRUSTEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  21. 2006-10-18
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    Company incorporated
    As SEA-CARGO ABERDEEN LIMITED
  22. 2006-10-18
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    RAEBURN CHRISTIE CLARK & WALLACE appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2006-10-18
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    RAEBURN CHRISTIE TRUSTEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

76/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-10-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC52220 — SIC 52220

Registered office

Matthews Quay
Aberdeen Harbour
Aberdeen
AB11 5PG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-01
Last: 2025-10-18

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

GJOSTEIN, Tor→
secretary · appointed 2008-08-14
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GJOSTEIN, Tor→
director · ~63y · appointed 2007-12-17
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SAEVILD, Ole→
director · ~60y · appointed 2007-12-17
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Active
RAEBURN CHRISTIE CLARK & WALLACE→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-10-18 · resigned 2008-08-14
Resigned
RAEBURN CHRISTIE TRUSTEES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2006-10-18 · resigned 2007-12-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (50 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-31
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2025-08-19
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2024-11-18
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2024-09-09
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2023-11-20
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2023-03-23
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2022-11-04
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2022-07-01
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2021-12-01
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2021-04-19
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2020-10-29
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2020-05-29
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2019-11-18
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2019-03-28
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2018-10-25