SKYEFISH MARINE LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC363588 · ltd · incorporated 2009-08-05
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 Aug 2024
Net worth
£491.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 50300
Sector: Transportation & storage
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 79901Activities of tourist guides
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
37 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £490,958

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£491k
↑ 5.2% YoY
Current Assets
£219k
↓ 5.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£98k£196k£295k£393k£491kAug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Total assets£497.4k£481.5k
Current assets£218.8k£231.5k
Net assets£491.0k£466.5k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-08-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2023-11-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-05-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-05-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-06-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-08-28
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2017-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-09-07
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-05-29
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2009-08-05
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    Company incorporated
    As SKYEFISH MARINE LTD
  17. 2009-08-05
    ➕
    CORRIGALL, Donald Nicolson appointed
    director
  18. 2009-08-05
    ➕
    CORRIGALL, Joan appointed
    director

Owner dependency

96/100
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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 17 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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 72 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 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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
Mr Donald Nicolson Corrigall
Individual · Scottish · DOB 12/1954 · age 72
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/08/2016
Mrs Joan Corrigall
Individual · Scottish · DOB 04/1966 · age 60
25–50%
—25-50% shares05/08/2016

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
Incorporated2009-08-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC50300 — SIC 50300

Registered office

1 Douglas Row
Portree
Isle Of Skye
IV51 9DD
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-19
Last: 2025-08-05

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

CORRIGALL, Donald Nicolson→
director · ~72y · appointed 2009-08-05
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CORRIGALL, Joan→
director · ~60y · appointed 2009-08-05
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Recent filings (37 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-13