CHALLENGE FISHING COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC192237 · ltd · incorporated 1998-12-29

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 27.3y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

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

Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). 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

2 live charges · oldest 27.3y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 27.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

8 officers (6 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

11 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

109 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	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	6	800

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

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3 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 confirmation-statement
• 1 capital
• 1 resolution

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 confirmation-statement
• 1 capital
• 1 resolution

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand

2026-04-21
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capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2026-04-17
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-04-17
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-12-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-01
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-12-01
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-11-29
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-11-29
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-10-24
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capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2023-09-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-14
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capital-alter-shares-redemption-statement-of-capital
capital · SH02
2022-09-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-13
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capital-alter-shares-redemption-statement-of-capital
capital · SH02
2020-12-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-06
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capital-alter-shares-redemption-statement-of-capital
capital · SH02
2008-10-20
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SINCLAIR, Louise appointed
director
2006-01-01
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TAIT, Michael appointed
director
2006-01-01
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TAIT JNR, George appointed
director
2002-01-30
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Charge satisfied #2
1999-11-23
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1999-02-10
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1998-12-29
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Company incorporated
As CHALLENGE FISHING COMPANY LIMITED
1998-12-29
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TAIT, Christina Margaret appointed
secretary
1998-12-29
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TAIT, Christina Margaret appointed
director
1998-12-29
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TAIT SNR, George appointed
director
1998-12-29
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MACKINNONS appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1998-12-29
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MACKINNONS resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1998-12-29
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JONES, Graham Edward appointed
director
1998-12-29
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JONES, Graham Edward resigned
director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr George Tait Individual · British · DOB 03/1957 · age 69	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Christina Margaret Tait Individual · British · DOB 07/1958 · age 68	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

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ALTNAHARRA ESTATE LIMITED→ SC228455 · est 2002	£634.2k £487.8k–£780.5k	—	—	8	24y	85	71y
FORTRIE FARMS LIMITED→ SC158055 · est 1995	—	—	—	10	31y	83	76y
GARDINER ICM LIMITED→ SC197812 · est 1999	—	—	£2.60M	—	26y	83	64y
LORANTHUS FISHING COMPANY LIMITED→ SC312585 · est 2006	—	—	—	0	19y	83	70y
M B AQUARIUS LIMITED→ SC259115 · est 2003	—	—	—	0	22y	83	70y
M.V. QUANTUS LIMITED→ SC150141 · est 1994	—	—	£32.29M	—	32y	83	69y
MEARNS TRACTORS LIMITED→ SC261246 · est 2003	—	—	—	1	22y	83	62y
SHANNON FISHING LIMITED→ SC157000 · est 1995	—	—	£24.40M	—	31y	83	79y
UNITED FISH SELLING LIMITED→ SC077168 · est 1982	—	—	—	200	44y	83	72y
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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1998-12-29

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC03110 — SIC 03110

Registered office

Lootingstone

Rathen

Fraserburgh

Aberdeenshire

AB43 8UR

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-07

Last: 2026-04-23