BALMEDIE FISH & CHIP SHOP LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC239883 · ltd · incorporated 2002-11-20

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 23.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Nov 2025

Net worth

£66.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Take-away food shops and mobile food stands

Sector: Accommodation & food service

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. 2 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 23.1y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 23.1 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 (80/100)

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

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

62 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £66,737

Cash YoY

+3%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£30k

↑ 3.5% YoY

Net Worth

£67k

~ YoY

Current Assets

£38k

↑ 7.2% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-11-30	2024-11-30
Total assets	£66.7k	£66.4k
Current assets	£37.8k	£35.2k
Cash	£29.6k	£28.6k
Debtors	£1.5k	£1.5k
Net assets	£66.7k	£66.4k

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

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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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2026-03-16
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2023-04-18
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2022-03-04
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2021-03-23
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2018-04-20
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2017-09-14
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DEANS, Finlay Graham appointed
director
2017-09-13
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DEANS, Kendall Harris appointed
director
2017-05-29
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2017-02-03
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DEANS, Audrey resigned
secretary
2017-02-03
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DEANS, Audrey resigned
director
2003-08-25
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2003-03-25
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2002-11-22
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LAWRENCE, Fiona resigned
nominee-director
2002-11-20
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Company incorporated
As BALMEDIE FISH & CHIP SHOP LIMITED
2002-11-20
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DEANS, Bruce Arthur appointed
director
2002-11-20
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DEANS, Audrey appointed
secretary
2002-11-20
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DEANS, Audrey appointed
director
2002-11-20
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LAWRENCE, Fiona appointed
nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Bruce Deans Individual · British · DOB 08/1965 · age 61	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	20/11/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mrs Audrey Deansceased 03/02/2017· 25-50% shares

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

Incorporated2002-11-20

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC56103 — Take-away food shops and mobile food stands

Registered office

6 Keir Heights

Balmedie

Aberdeenshire

AB23 8WJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-08-31

Last made up to: 2025-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-04

Last: 2025-11-20

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

DEANS, Bruce Arthur→

director · ~61y · appointed 2002-11-20

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Active

DEANS, Finlay Graham→

director · ~27y · appointed 2017-09-13

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Active

DEANS, Kendall Harris→

director · ~32y · appointed 2017-09-13

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Active

DEANS, Audrey→

secretary · appointed 2002-11-20 · resigned 2017-02-03

Resigned

DEANS, Audrey→

director · ~59y · appointed 2002-11-20 · resigned 2017-02-03

Resigned

LAWRENCE, Fiona→

nominee-director · ~45y · appointed 2002-11-20 · resigned 2002-11-22

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Standard security	1 property	25/08/2003	—
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Bond & floating charge	1 property	25/03/2003	—

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