DIRECT MARITIME SOLUTIONS LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC609106 · ltd · incorporated 2018-09-26
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.
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 65). 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
21 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
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
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Average employees200200

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-01-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-06-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-06-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2021-03-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-06-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-06-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2019-06-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2019-06-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2018-09-26
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    Company incorporated
    As DIRECT MARITIME SOLUTIONS LIMITED
  14. 2018-09-26
    ➕
    PHIPPS, Jacqueline appointed
    director
  15. 2018-09-26
    ➕
    PHIPPS, Jeffrey appointed
    director
  16. 2018-09-26
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  17. 2018-09-26
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

86/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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 65. 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Jacqueline Phipps
Individual · British · DOB 05/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting26/09/2018
Mr Jeffrey Phipps
Individual · British · DOB 01/1963 · age 63
25–50%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting26/09/2018

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
Incorporated2018-09-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

5 South Charlotte St, Edinburgh
South Charlotte Street
Edinburgh
EH2 4AN
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-09
Last: 2025-09-25

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

PHIPPS, Jacqueline→
director · ~65y · appointed 2018-09-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PHIPPS, Jeffrey→
director · ~63y · appointed 2018-09-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Recent filings (21 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-06-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-12