SEASKY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC368160 · ltd · incorporated 2009-11-06
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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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
Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
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
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
48 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-31
Average employees0

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

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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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-11-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2024-11-06
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    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-11-06
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    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-11-06
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    address · AD01
  6. 2024-11-06
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    address · AD01
  7. 2024-08-02
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-08-09
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-11-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2022-06-24
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-06-24
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  12. 2021-01-27
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    capital · SH02
  13. 2021-01-26
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2021-01-26
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2021-01-26
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  16. 2021-01-26
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  17. 2020-05-21
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-11-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2009-11-06
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    Company incorporated
    As SEASKY LIMITED
  20. 2009-11-06
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    BARNETT, Claire Lesley appointed
    director
  21. 2009-11-06
    ➕
    BARNETT, Paul Robert appointed
    director

Owner dependency

89/100
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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 16 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Paul Robert Barnett
Individual · British · DOB 04/1966 · age 60
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
Ms Claire Lesley Barnett
Individual · British · DOB 05/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting02/01/2021

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
Incorporated2009-11-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

10 Euclid Crescent
Dundee
DD1 1AG
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-20
Last: 2025-11-06

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BARNETT, Claire Lesley→
director · ~59y · appointed 2009-11-06
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BARNETT, Paul Robert→
director · ~60y · appointed 2009-11-06
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Recent filings (48 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-11-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-08-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-08-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-16