NABA SHIPPING CONSORTIUM LIMITED

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SC839808 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2025-03-03
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
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
62/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 50200SIC 50200
  • 52242SIC 52242
  • 52290Other transportation support activities
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 62/100 (worth a look), bankability 55/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (51/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
2 filings — limited history
30
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
62/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (7 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-03-10
    📄
    change-corporate-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH02
  2. 2025-03-03
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As NABA SHIPPING CONSORTIUM LIMITED
  3. 2025-03-03
    JOHNSON, Adeyemi appointed
    director
  4. 2025-03-03
    KOMMA, Lamin appointed
    director
  5. 2025-03-03
    JKOMS GLOBAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  6. 2025-03-03
    LAZAK LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  7. 2025-03-03
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

68/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "LIMITED" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +Young company: Only 1.2 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

Red flags

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-03-16

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Adeyemi Johnson
Individual · British · DOB 04/1977 · age 49
25–50%board control25-50% voting · board control03/03/2025
Mr Lamin Komma
Individual · Gambian · DOB 11/1971 · age 55
25–50%board control25-50% voting · board control03/03/2025

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2025-03-03
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

7 South Middleton
Uphall
Broxburn
EH52 5GA
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-03
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-03-16OVERDUE
Last:

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

JOHNSON, Adeyemi
director · ~49y · appointed 2025-03-03
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Active
KOMMA, Lamin
director · ~55y · appointed 2025-03-03
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Active
JKOMS GLOBAL LIMITED
corporate-director · appointed 2025-03-03
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Active
LAZAK LIMITED
corporate-director · appointed 2025-03-03
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Active

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Recent filings (2 total)

change-corporate-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH02
2025-03-10
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-03-03