FAIRLIE QUAY MARINA LIMITED
🌿Early-stageactive
SC795289 · ltd · incorporated 2024-01-15
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
—
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£2.02M
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 52220
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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 (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (75/100)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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
20 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
60
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 declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £2,015,362
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£532k
Net Worth
£2.0m
Current Assets
£721k
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|
| Total assets | £2.08M |
| Current assets | £720.5k |
| Cash | £531.6k |
| Debtors | £165.4k |
| Net assets | £2.02M |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 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
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
7
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 2 gazette
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-01📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-01-20📄replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-nameofficers · RP01AP01
- 2026-01-20📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2026-01-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-01-14📄dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspendeddissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
- 2025-12-23📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2025-10-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-25📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-09-20📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-09-19📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-09-19📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-09-19📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-03-07📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-03-07📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-03-07📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-03-07📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-03-07📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-03-01➕BURNISTON, Linda June appointeddirector
- 2024-03-01➕HOLT, Christine Ann appointeddirector
- 2024-03-01➕HOWDEN, Sandra Jayne appointeddirector
- 2024-01-15🏢Company incorporatedAs FAIRLIE QUAY MARINA LIMITED
- 2024-01-15➕MCDONAGH, Gavin appointeddirector
- 2024-01-15📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
60/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
- +Young company: Only 2.3 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.
Succession & seller-readiness
50/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
3 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ms Christine Ann Holt Individual · British · DOB 04/1963 · age 63 | 50–75% | — | sig. influence50-75% shares · significant influence · trust interest | 01/04/2024 |
Ms Linda June Burniston Individual · British · DOB 06/1961 · age 65 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest | 01/04/2024 |
Sandra Jayne Howden Individual · British · DOB 04/1966 · age 60 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest | 01/04/2024 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Jonathan Richard Miles Bellceased 01/04/2024· 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.
🔒Co-director network graph
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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2024-01-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC52220 — SIC 52220
Registered office
The Yacht Harbour
Inverkip
Greenock
PA16 0AW
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-03
Last: 2025-09-19
Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)
BURNISTON, Linda June→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2024-03-01
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HOLT, Christine Ann→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2024-03-01
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HOWDEN, Sandra Jayne→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2024-03-01
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MCDONAGH, Gavin→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2024-01-15
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Recent filings (20 total)
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-05
replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP01AP01
2026-01-20
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-01-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-19
dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2026-01-14
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-10-13
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-07-25
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-19
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-09-19
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-09-19
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-09-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-03-07