MARIN BLACKHAWK LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC396315 · ltd · incorporated 2011-03-25
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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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-368.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

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 (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
38 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £368,267

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£368k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£36k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£368k-£287k-£207k-£126k-£45k£36kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£35.8k£35.8k
Current assets£35.8k£35.8k
Net assets£-368.3k£-368.2k

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 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-26
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  2. 2024-06-19
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  3. 2024-03-26
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  4. 2023-11-23
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  5. 2023-11-21
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  6. 2022-05-10
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  7. 2021-10-25
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  8. 2021-03-31
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  9. 2020-01-24
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  10. 2019-12-31
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  11. 2019-09-27
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  12. 2018-02-08
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  13. 2017-02-13
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  14. 2016-10-31
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  15. 2015-04-02
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  16. 2015-02-01
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    LAWSON, Kathleen Ann appointed
    director
  17. 2012-11-01
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    MITCHELL, William George resigned
    secretary
  18. 2012-11-01
    ➖
    MITCHELL, William George resigned
    director
  19. 2012-10-10
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    GREIG, Paul resigned
    director
  20. 2011-03-25
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    Company incorporated
    As MARIN BLACKHAWK LIMITED
  21. 2011-03-25
    ➕
    STROUD, George John appointed
    director
  22. 2011-03-25
    ➕
    MITCHELL, William George appointed
    secretary
  23. 2011-03-25
    ➕
    GREIG, Paul appointed
    director
  24. 2011-03-25
    ➕
    MITCHELL, William George appointed
    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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — 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 64. 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 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr George John Stroud
Individual · British · DOB 05/1962 · age 64
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2011-03-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Marin House Castle Way
Castle Park Industrial Estate
Ellon
AB41 9EY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-18
Last: 2026-03-04

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

LAWSON, Kathleen Ann→
director · ~54y · appointed 2015-02-01
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Active
STROUD, George John→
director · ~64y · appointed 2011-03-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MITCHELL, William George→
secretary · appointed 2011-03-25 · resigned 2012-11-01
Resigned
GREIG, Paul→
director · ~49y · appointed 2011-03-25 · resigned 2012-10-10
Resigned
MITCHELL, William George→
director · ~74y · appointed 2011-03-25 · resigned 2012-11-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (38 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-08