UK SAILING LIMITED
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. 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.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £32.1k | £32.7k |
| Current assets | £12.7k | £8.7k |
| Cash | £2.9k | £3.9k |
| Debtors | £9.8k | £4.8k |
| Net assets | £28.5k | £28.6k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
- 2025-06-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-21➖KERR, Stephen Edwards resigneddirector
- 2021-05-21📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-05-12➕PUCHOLTOVA, Pavlina appointeddirector
- 2021-05-12📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-04-02📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-04-02📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-03-27🏢Company incorporatedAs UK SAILING LIMITED
- 2020-03-27➕KERR, Stephen Edwards appointeddirector
- 2020-03-27➕PUCHOLTOVA, Pavlina appointeddirector
- 2020-03-27➖PUCHOLTOVA, Pavlina resigneddirector
- 2020-03-27📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
Red flags
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Stephen Edwards Kerr Individual · British · DOB 11/1957 · age 69 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 27/03/2020 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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