ALTAIRE FISHING COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC101009 · ltd · incorporated 1986-09-23

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

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£78.24M

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 03110

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 77/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 7 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

21 live charges · 7 lenders · oldest 38.8y

25/100

too messy

Structure is too messy for a clean refinance right now — clean up first or expect bespoke terms.

· Oldest live charge is 38.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 7 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 45/100 (high).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Lenders & charges

21 charges (21/21 with lender, 21/21 with type)

Directors & officers

21 officers (7 active, 21 linked, 15 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

15 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

180 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £78,243,670

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£9.0m

Net Worth

£78m

Current Assets

£25m

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31
Total assets	£87.51M
Current assets	£24.81M
Cash	£9.05M
Debtors	£15.76M
Net assets	£78.24M

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 address

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (85 events)Click to expand

2025-11-12
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address · AD01
2025-09-27
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accounts · AA
2024-12-03
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accounts · AA01
2024-06-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-12
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confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2023-06-28
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accounts · AA
2022-09-08
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officers · TM01
2022-09-01
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RAMSAY, James Robert resigned
director
2022-06-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-11
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mortgage · MR04
2021-06-11
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mortgage · MR04
2021-06-11
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mortgage · MR04
2021-06-11
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mortgage · MR04
2021-06-11
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mortgage · MR04
2021-06-11
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mortgage · MR04
2021-06-11
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2021-06-11
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2021-06-11
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mortgage · MR04
2021-06-11
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Charge satisfied #23
2021-06-11
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Charge satisfied #22
2021-06-11
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Charge satisfied #20
2021-06-11
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Charge satisfied #19
2021-06-11
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Charge satisfied #18
2021-06-11
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Charge satisfied #17
2021-06-11
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Charge satisfied #16
2021-06-11
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Charge satisfied #15
2021-06-11
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Charge satisfied #14
2021-06-08
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mortgage · MR04
2021-06-08
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Charge satisfied #13
2018-04-16
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RAMSAY, James Robert appointed
director
2018-04-16
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RAMSAY, Martin John resigned
director
2016-04-12
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RAMSAY, Ivan appointed
secretary
2016-04-12
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RAMSAY, Ivan appointed
director
2016-04-12
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RAMSAY, Jerry Barclay resigned
secretary
2016-04-12
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RAMSAY, Jerry Barclay resigned
director
2015-07-31
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Charge registered #23
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC as Security Agent
2015-07-31
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Charge registered #22
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC as Security Trustee
2014-07-30
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Charge satisfied #21
2014-05-27
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Charge registered #21
Lender: Tartan Two Limited
2014-04-14
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Charge registered #20
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2014-04-14
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Charge registered #19
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2014-04-14
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Charge registered #18
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2014-04-14
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Charge registered #17
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2008-08-08
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DUNCAN, Christopher appointed
director
2008-08-08
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DUNCAN, John Peter resigned
director
2008-04-07
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RAMSAY, Martin John appointed
director
2008-03-25
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RAMSAY, John resigned
director
2006-04-21
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Charge satisfied #3
2006-04-11
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Charge satisfied #12

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Owner dependency

88/100

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

-6 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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 40 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

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Interfish Limited holds majority control (50-75%). Likely parent but not wholly-owned.

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Interfish Limited

Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares

majority

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ALTAIRE FISHING COMPANY LIMITED

This company · SC101009

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Interfish Limited Corporate entity	50–75%	—	50-75% shares	30/06/2016

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

Incorporated1986-09-23

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC03110 — SIC 03110

Registered office

C/O Rsm G1 Building, 4th Floor

5 George Square

Glasgow

G2 1DH

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-16

Last: 2025-07-02