CYAN SENTINEL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC447222 · ltd · incorporated 2013-04-10

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No material changes in the last 90 days.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

70/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of head offices

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 9 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (45/100).

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Refinance opportunity

41 live charges · 9 lenders · oldest 13.1y

25/100

too messy

Structure is too messy for a clean refinance right now — clean up first or expect bespoke terms.

· Oldest live charge is 13.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 9 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 53/100 (high).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Lenders & charges

41 charges (41/41 with lender, 41/41 with type)

Directors & officers

16 officers (6 active, 16 linked, 14 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

16 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

144 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

70/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Some moderate concerns — review flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-12-31
Average employees	2000

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 mortgage

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (121 events)Click to expand

2026-05-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2026-04-07
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-04-02
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Charge registered #41
Lender: Glas Trust Corporation Limited (As Security Agent)
2026-02-26
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replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP01AP01
2025-12-02
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-11-28
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Charge registered #40
Lender: Glas Trust Corporation Limited (As Security Agent)
2025-11-17
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certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-05-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-09-04
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-09-03
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-08-30
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FERRARI, Robert William appointed
director
2024-08-30
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BLACK, John Alexander resigned
director
2024-05-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-03-11
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-03-08
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CHERN, Chee Wee appointed
director
2024-03-08
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LEE, Keng Lin appointed
director
2024-03-08
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-03-05
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-03-05
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-02-29
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RAS, Mark Norman resigned
director
2024-02-29
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SPRONK, Roderik resigned
director
2023-06-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-08-16
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-08-16
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Charge registered #39
Lender: Glas Trust Corporation Limited (As Security Agent)
2022-08-11
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2022-08-11
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2022-06-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-05-17
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-05-17
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Charge registered #38
Lender: Glas Trust Corporation Limited (As Security Agent)
2022-04-11
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-04-11
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Charge satisfied #33
2022-04-11
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Charge satisfied #32
2022-04-11
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Charge satisfied #31
2022-04-11
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Charge satisfied #30
2022-04-11
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Charge satisfied #29
2022-04-11
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Charge satisfied #28
2022-04-11
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Charge satisfied #27
2022-04-11
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Charge satisfied #26
2022-04-11
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Charge satisfied #22
2022-04-11
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Charge satisfied #24
2022-04-11
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Charge satisfied #21
2022-04-11
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Charge satisfied #20
2022-04-11
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Charge satisfied #19
2022-04-11
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Charge satisfied #18
2022-04-11
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Charge satisfied #25
2022-04-11
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Charge satisfied #23
2022-04-11
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Charge satisfied #17
2022-01-13
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Charge registered #37
Lender: Glas Trust Corporation Limited as Security Agent
2021-12-30
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Charge registered #34
Lender: Glas Trust Corporation Limited (As Security Agent)
2021-12-29
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Charge registered #36
Lender: Glas Trust Corporation Limited (As Security Agent)

Showing most recent 50 of 121 events

Owner dependency

48/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

2 med · 1 low

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Name changed recently

medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-11-17: certificate-change-of-name-company

8 live charges

low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Group structure

Sentinel Offshore Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Sentinel Offshore Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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CYAN SENTINEL LIMITED

This company · SC447222

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Sentinel Offshore Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	01/01/2017

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2013-04-10

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

The Exchange 1 Eighthfloor

62 Market Street

Aberdeen

AB11 5PJ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-14

Last: 2026-03-31