TIDELINE INTERNATIONAL COMPANY

💤Zombieactive
SF000678 · oversea-company · incorporated 1993-04-15
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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not disclosed
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 82). 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: low (44/100)

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

Company profile
address, no SIC, incorporation date
80
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
14 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
80
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2013-05-08
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    miscellaneous
    miscellaneous · MISC
  2. 2002-05-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2001-10-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2001-09-07
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    legacy
    certificate · 692(1)(c)
  5. 2000-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 1999-11-24
    📄
    miscellaneous
    miscellaneous · MISC
  7. 1998-05-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 1998-05-07
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 1996-04-04
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    miscellaneous
    miscellaneous · MISC
  10. 1995-08-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 1995-08-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 1995-08-04
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    miscellaneous
    miscellaneous · MISC
  13. 1995-08-01
    ➕
    REDMOND, Karon Ruth appointed
    secretary
  14. 1995-08-01
    ➕
    REDMOND, David Huntly appointed
    director
  15. 1995-08-01
    📍
    legacy
    address · BUSADD
  16. 1995-08-01
    📄
    legacy
    incorporation · 691
  17. 1993-04-15
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    Company incorporated
    As TIDELINE INTERNATIONAL COMPANY

Owner dependency

100/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 33 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 33 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeoversea-company
Incorporated1993-04-15
Jurisdictionunited-kingdom
Primary SIC—

Registered office

Andrew Michael Brander
37 Queen Street
Edinburh
EH2 1JX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: —
Last made up to: 2001-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: —
Last: —

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

REDMOND, Karon Ruth→
secretary · appointed 1995-08-01
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Active
REDMOND, David Huntly→
director · ~82y · appointed 1995-08-01
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Active

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Recent filings (14 total)

miscellaneous
miscellaneous · MISC
2013-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2002-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2001-10-24
legacy
certificate · 692(1)(c)
2001-09-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2000-07-17
miscellaneous
miscellaneous · MISC
1999-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
1998-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
1998-05-07
miscellaneous
miscellaneous · MISC
1996-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
1995-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
1995-08-09
miscellaneous
miscellaneous · MISC
1995-08-04
legacy
address · BUSADD
1995-08-01
legacy
incorporation · 691
1995-08-01