OCEANSGATE HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC335299 · ltd · incorporated 2007-12-14
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (74/100)

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
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
63 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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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
Metric2024-12-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  2. 2025-06-10
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AAMD
  3. 2025-06-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-12-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-09-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-09-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2024-05-03
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  8. 2024-05-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2023-09-26
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AAMD
  10. 2023-09-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2023-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-09-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-09-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-05-27
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  15. 2021-05-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2020-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-09-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-06-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2013-05-02
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    BURNETT & REID LLP appointed
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2013-05-01
    ➖
    PETERKINS, SOLICITORS resigned
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2009-10-01
    ➖
    LIPOMI, Nunzio C resigned
    director
  22. 2008-04-01
    ➕
    RENNIE, Thomas George appointed
    director
  23. 2008-01-26
    ➖
    PETERKINS SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  24. 2008-01-25
    ➕
    MCLEAN, James appointed
    director
  25. 2008-01-25
    ➕
    LIPOMI, Nunzio C appointed
    director
  26. 2007-12-14
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    Company incorporated
    As OCEANSGATE HOLDINGS LIMITED
  27. 2007-12-14
    ➕
    PETERKINS, SOLICITORS appointed
    corporate-secretary
  28. 2007-12-14
    ➕
    PETERKINS SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-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
  • +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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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.
  • 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 18 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Nunzio Lipomi
Individual · American · DOB 03/1957 · age 69
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr James Mclean
Individual · British · DOB 10/1957 · age 69
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2007-12-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Suite A
1 Albyn Place
Aberdeen
AB10 1BR
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-28
Last: 2025-12-14

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

BURNETT & REID LLP→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2013-05-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCLEAN, James→
director · ~69y · appointed 2008-01-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RENNIE, Thomas George→
director · ~79y · appointed 2008-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PETERKINS, SOLICITORS→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-12-14 · resigned 2013-05-01
Resigned
LIPOMI, Nunzio C→
director · ~69y · appointed 2008-01-25 · resigned 2009-10-01
Resigned
PETERKINS SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2007-12-14 · resigned 2008-01-26
Resigned

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Recent filings (63 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-05
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2025-12-22
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AAMD
2025-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-06-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-09-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-05
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2024-05-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-05-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-20
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AAMD
2023-09-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-21