JIFMAR SUBSEA ALBA LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC645756 · ltd · incorporated 2019-10-30
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
£1.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 50200
Sector: Transportation & storage
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: 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
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 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
26 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,474
Net assets shrinking
Down £1,123 YoY
Cash YoY
-14%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£374
↓ 14% YoY
Net Worth
£1k
↓ 43% YoY
Current Assets
£343k
↓ 10% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£77k£153k£230k£307k£383kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£1.5k£2.6k
Current assets£343.4k£383.3k
Cash£374£433
Debtors£343.0k£382.9k
Net assets£1.5k£2.6k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-10
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-03-31
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    DE LAPASSE, Pierre Marie Joseph Michel resigned
    director
  3. 2025-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-08-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2023-08-01
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2023-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-07-31
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  9. 2023-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-07-20
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  11. 2023-01-12
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    second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
    officers · RP04AP01
  12. 2023-01-11
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2023-01-11
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2022-12-20
    ➕
    RATCLIFFE, Antony James appointed
    director
  15. 2022-12-20
    ➕
    DE LAPASSE, Pierre Marie Joseph Michel appointed
    director
  16. 2022-11-18
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  17. 2022-11-16
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  18. 2022-11-16
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  19. 2022-11-09
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    change-of-name · CERTNM
  20. 2022-09-30
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  21. 2022-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  22. 2021-07-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  23. 2019-10-30
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As JIFMAR SUBSEA ALBA LIMITED
  24. 2019-10-30
    ➕
    BERUD, Jean-Michel appointed
    director

Owner dependency

66/100
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 60 — approaching natural succession window.

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 60. 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.)

Group structure

Jifmar Offshore Services S.A.S. is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Jifmar Offshore Services S.A.S.
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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JIFMAR SUBSEA ALBA LIMITED
This company · SC645756

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Jifmar Offshore Services S.A.S.
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control30/10/2019
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Jean-Michel Berudceased 21/04/2022· 25-50% shares
  • Mr Foad Zahediceased 21/04/2022· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2019-10-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC50200 — SIC 50200

Registered office

7e Glengallan Road
Oban
Argyll
PA34 4HG
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-12
Last: 2025-10-29

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

BERUD, Jean-Michel→
director · ~55y · appointed 2019-10-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RATCLIFFE, Antony James→
director · ~60y · appointed 2022-12-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DE LAPASSE, Pierre Marie Joseph Michel→
director · ~40y · appointed 2022-12-20 · resigned 2026-03-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (26 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-08-30
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-07-20
second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP04AP01
2023-01-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-01-11
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-01-11