SEA SPIDER LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC600004 · ltd · incorporated 2018-06-14
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

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other information service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
22 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees1

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-30
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  4. 2023-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-06-19
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2023-06-19
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2023-06-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2023-06-05
    GEARY, Mark Stephen resigned
    director
  9. 2022-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-05-10
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2021-05-10
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2021-05-01
    FARRAR, Richard William appointed
    director
  14. 2021-05-01
    GEARY, Mark Stephen appointed
    director
  15. 2021-03-28
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  16. 2020-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-02-04
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    capital-alter-shares-subdivision
    capital · SH02
  18. 2018-06-14
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As SEA SPIDER LIMITED
  19. 2018-06-14
    ANDERSON, Laura Kirstin appointed
    director
  20. 2018-06-14
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

73/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Laura Kirstin Anderson
Individual · British · DOB 05/1972 · age 54
5075%
50-75% shares05/06/2023
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Hatch Spirits Limitedceased 05/06/2023· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2018-06-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC63990 — Other information service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Collessie Mill House
Collessie
Cupar
KY15 7RQ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-27
Last: 2025-06-13

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

ANDERSON, Laura Kirstin
director · ~54y · appointed 2018-06-14
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Active
FARRAR, Richard William
director · ~68y · appointed 2021-05-01
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Active
GEARY, Mark Stephen
director · ~56y · appointed 2021-05-01 · resigned 2023-06-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (22 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-14
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2023-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-25
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-06-19
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-06-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-06-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-05-10