U SEA LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive

SC622823 · ltd · incorporated 2019-02-28

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

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

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 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 77/100. Strong seller-intent signal (65/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 5 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · 5 lenders · oldest 7.1y

35/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Oldest live charge is 7.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 5 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 33/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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

Lenders & charges

5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)

Directors & officers

13 officers (10 active, 13 linked, 12 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

54 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

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

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (49 events)Click to expand

2025-12-24
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2025-05-28
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capital · SH08
2025-05-28
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confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2025-05-27
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incorporation · MA
2025-05-27
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resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-05-15
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mortgage · MR04
2025-05-15
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mortgage · MR04
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mortgage · MR04
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mortgage · MR04
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mortgage · MR04
2025-05-15
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Charge satisfied #5
2025-05-15
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Charge satisfied #4
2025-05-15
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Charge satisfied #3
2025-05-15
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Charge satisfied #2
2025-05-15
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Charge satisfied #1
2024-10-31
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2024-06-19
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officers · CH01
2024-06-19
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2024-06-19
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2024-06-19
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2024-06-07
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BOUZIANE, Mohamed appointed
director
2024-06-07
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BUSQUET, Gregory appointed
director
2024-06-07
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GAULT, William Foster appointed
director
2024-06-07
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SMITH, Andrew David appointed
director
2024-06-07
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STEPHEN, James Mccracken appointed
director
2024-06-07
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WEST, Shona Swan appointed
director
2024-06-07
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GAULT, Fiona Margaret resigned
director
2024-06-07
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STEPHEN, Audrey resigned
director
2024-06-07
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WEST, David resigned
director
2023-09-29
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accounts · AA
2019-05-10
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GAULT, Christopher John appointed
director
2019-05-10
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LEIPER, Audrey Gertrude Jane appointed
director
2019-05-10
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GAULT, Fiona Margaret appointed
director
2019-05-10
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STEPHEN, Audrey appointed
director
2019-05-10
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WEST, David appointed
director
2019-05-10
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Audrey Gertrude Jane Leiper
2019-05-10
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Christopher John Gault
2019-05-10
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Fiona Margaret Gault
2019-05-10
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Audrey Stephen
2019-05-10
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Charge registered #1
Lender: David West
2019-02-28
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Company incorporated
As U SEA LIMITED
2019-02-28
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BRODIES SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2019-02-28
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LEIPER, David William appointed
director

Owner dependency

63/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-9 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

1 med ·

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.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr David William Leiper Individual · British · DOB 04/1976 · age 50	50–75%	50–75%	board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control	28/02/2019

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 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

Incorporated2019-02-28

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Brodies House

31-33 Union Grove

Aberdeen

AB10 6SD

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-12

Last: 2026-02-26