POCF PHASE 5 LIMITED

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SC863167 · ltd · incorporated 2025-09-17

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

—

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Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 50200

Sector: Transportation & storage

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (53/100)

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

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

1 filing — limited history

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (5 events)Click to expand

2025-09-17
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Company incorporated
As POCF PHASE 5 LIMITED
2025-09-17
➕
FEA, Richard Spence appointed
secretary
2025-09-17
➕
CAMPBELL, Alexander George appointed
director
2025-09-17
➕
FEA, Richard Spence appointed
director
2025-09-17
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incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

78/100

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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
+Young company: Only 0.6 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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

Port Of Cromarty Firth Decommissioning Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Port Of Cromarty Firth Decommissioning Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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POCF PHASE 5 LIMITED

This company · SC863167

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Port Of Cromarty Firth Decommissioning Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	17/09/2025

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2025-09-17

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC50200 — SIC 50200

Registered office

Cromarty Firth Port Authority (Trading As Port Of Cromarty Firth)

Port Office, Shore Road

Invergordon

IV18 0HD

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-17

Last made up to: —

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last: —

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

FEA, Richard Spence→

secretary · appointed 2025-09-17

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Active

CAMPBELL, Alexander George→

director · ~66y · appointed 2025-09-17

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Active

FEA, Richard Spence→

director · ~57y · appointed 2025-09-17

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Recent filings (1 total)

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