SCOTIA OFFSHORE SURVEY LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC542031 · ltd · incorporated 2016-08-05
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
£52.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
20 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £52,597

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£53k
↑ 17% YoY
Current Assets
£86k
↑ 4.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£17k£34k£52k£69k£86kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£52.6k£45.0k
Current assets£85.9k£82.4k
Net assets£52.6k£45.0k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-09
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2024-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-11-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-08-05
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    Company incorporated
    As SCOTIA OFFSHORE SURVEY LTD
  12. 2016-08-05
    ➕
    LOGAN, Frederick appointed
    director
  13. 2016-08-05
    ➕
    LOGAN, Jennifer Rose appointed
    director
  14. 2016-08-05
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

79/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

46/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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 Frederick Logan
Individual · British · DOB 12/1964 · age 62
50–75%
50–75%board controlsig. influence50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control · significant influence05/08/2016
Mrs Jennifer Rose Logan
Individual · British · DOB 05/1973 · age 53
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting17/08/2018

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
Incorporated2016-08-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC71122 — Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities

Registered office

Ardgarth
Sharplaw Road
Jedburgh
Roxburghshire
TD8 6SJ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-18
Last: 2025-08-04

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

LOGAN, Frederick→
director · ~62y · appointed 2016-08-05
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Active
LOGAN, Jennifer Rose→
director · ~53y · appointed 2016-08-05
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Active

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Recent filings (20 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-06