UNITED FISH SELLING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC077168 · ltd · incorporated 1982-01-14

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 20.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 03110

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 20.1y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 20.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 38/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

59 officers (5 active, 59 linked, 55 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

301 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Average employees	200	300

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 capital
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 capital
• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (126 events)Click to expand

2026-03-03
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capital · SH06
2026-03-03
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capital · SH03
2026-02-17
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replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP01AP01
2026-01-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-17
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FINDLAY, Kenneth resigned
director
2025-11-17
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-10-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-03
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capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2024-07-03
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capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2024-01-26
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-01-19
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CLARK, John Ritchie resigned
director
2024-01-17
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capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2024-01-17
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capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2023-12-13
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-10-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-19
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capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2023-10-19
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capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2023-10-02
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-09-14
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BARR, Alexander Hinshelwood resigned
director
2023-01-01
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PIRIE, George West resigned
director
2022-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-05-12
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MCCALLUM, David Drummond resigned
director
2018-12-19
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WOOD, Derek George Wilson resigned
director
2016-03-08
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ADDISON, David Mckay resigned
director
2013-12-23
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SHEPHERD, Scott appointed
director
2013-12-23
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WOOD, Kevin appointed
director
2013-12-23
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ADDISON, David Mckay appointed
director
2013-12-23
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FINDLAY, Kenneth appointed
director
2013-12-23
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PIRIE, George West appointed
director
2013-12-23
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WOOD, Derek George Wilson appointed
director
2012-12-20
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SIMPSON, Lorna appointed
secretary
2012-12-20
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MCCOLL & ASSOCIATES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2012-12-20
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SHEPHERD, Scott resigned
director
2012-12-20
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WOOD, Kevin resigned
director
2012-11-16
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ROBERTSON, Mark William resigned
director
2012-02-01
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ROBERTSON, Neil appointed
director
2012-02-01
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MCCALLUM, David Drummond appointed
director
2011-12-20
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ADDISON, David Mckay resigned
director
2011-12-20
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FINDLAY, Kenneth resigned
director
2011-07-01
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ROBERTSON, Mark William appointed
director
2011-07-01
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SHEPHERD, Scott appointed
director
2010-12-20
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MILNE, William resigned
director
2010-12-20
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WOOD, Derek George Wilson resigned
director
2010-10-29
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ADDISON, Alan Wood appointed
director
2010-10-29
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CLARK, John Ritchie appointed
director
2009-12-22
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MCCALLUM, David Drummond resigned
director
2009-12-22
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PIRIE, George West resigned
director
2009-01-08
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FINDLAY, Kenneth appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 126 events

Owner dependency

65/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 44 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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ALEXANDER FARMS LIMITED→ SC141797 · est 1992 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	33y	—	—
ALEXANDER JACK (FISHING) LIMITED→ SC259254 · est 2003 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	22y	—	—
ANNOCHIE FARMS LTD→ SC761170 · est 2023 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	3y	—	—
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ASBS FISHING COMPANY LTD→ SC684476 · est 2020 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	5y	—	—
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BAX ENGINEERING (SCOTLAND) LTD→ SC631262 · est 2019 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	6y	—	—
BBD FISHING LTD→ SC644064 · est 2019 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	6y	—	—
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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1982-01-14

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC03110 — SIC 03110

Registered office

26-60 Marine Place

Buckie

AB56 1UT

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-06

Last: 2025-12-23