VALEMARE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC376131 · ltd · incorporated 2010-04-01
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£3.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 03220
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
48 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 £3,537

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£4k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£22k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£4k£9k£13k£17k£22kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£3.5k£3.5k
Current assets£21.5k£21.5k
Net assets£3.5k£3.5k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-24
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-05-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-08-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2022-08-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2022-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-02-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-01-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-03-12
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2018-03-12
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2018-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-12-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2017-12-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2017-12-17
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  18. 2012-04-01
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    MACDONALD, Yvonne Frances appointed
    secretary
  19. 2012-04-01
    ➖
    ODDSEN, Oddgeir resigned
    secretary
  20. 2010-04-01
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As VALEMARE LIMITED
  21. 2010-04-01
    ➕
    MACDONALD, Yvonne Frances appointed
    director
  22. 2010-04-01
    ➕
    ODDSEN, Oddgeir appointed
    director
  23. 2010-04-01
    ➕
    ODDSEN, Therese appointed
    director
  24. 2010-04-01
    ➕
    ODDSEN, Oddgeir appointed
    secretary

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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Therese Oddsen
Individual · Norwegian · DOB 01/1980 · age 46
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · firm interest06/04/2016
Mrs Yvonne Frances Macdonald
Individual · British · DOB 01/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · firm interest06/04/2016
Mr Oddgeir Oddsen
Individual · Norwegian · DOB 09/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2010-04-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC03220 — SIC 03220

Registered office

First Floor
9 Haymarket Square
Edinburgh
EH3 8RY
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-13
Last: 2025-08-30

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

MACDONALD, Yvonne Frances→
secretary · appointed 2012-04-01
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Active
MACDONALD, Yvonne Frances→
director · ~67y · appointed 2010-04-01
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Active
ODDSEN, Oddgeir→
director · ~61y · appointed 2010-04-01
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Active
ODDSEN, Therese→
director · ~46y · appointed 2010-04-01
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Active
ODDSEN, Oddgeir→
secretary · appointed 2010-04-01 · resigned 2012-04-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (48 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-08-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-08-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-02