COOKE AQUACULTURE FRESHWATER LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC288569 · ltd · incorporated 2005-08-08

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.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No material changes in the last 90 days.

Last 180 days

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

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

—

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Opportunity

74/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 03210

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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

15 live charges · 7 lenders · oldest 18.6y

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

Data confidence

Overall: medium (60/100)

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

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

15 charges (15/15 with lender, 15/15 with type)

Directors & officers

19 officers (5 active, 19 linked, 13 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

11 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

126 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

74/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (76 events)Click to expand

2026-03-27
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officers · RP01AP01
2025-10-07
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accounts · AA
2025-10-07
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accounts · PARENT_ACC
2025-10-07
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other · AGREEMENT2
2025-10-07
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legacy
other · GUARANTEE2
2024-11-11
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accounts · AA
2024-11-11
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accounts · PARENT_ACC
2024-10-30
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legacy
other · AGREEMENT2
2024-10-30
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other · GUARANTEE2
2024-10-17
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other · AGREEMENT2
2024-10-17
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other · GUARANTEE2
2023-10-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-07-18
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officers · TM01
2022-06-29
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IRVING, Paul Barrie resigned
director
2022-04-06
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mortgage · MR01
2022-04-06
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mortgage · MR01
2022-04-06
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mortgage · MR01
2022-04-06
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mortgage · MR01
2022-04-06
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mortgage · MR01
2022-03-31
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Charge registered #15
Lender: Dnb Bank Asa, New York Branch in Its Capacity as Administrative Agent for the Secured Parties Under and as Defined in the Credit Agreement
2022-03-31
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Charge registered #14
Lender: Dnb Bank Asa, New York Branch in Its Capacity as Administrative Agent for the Secured Parties Under and as Defined in the Credit Agreement
2022-03-31
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Charge registered #13
Lender: Dnb Bank Asa, New York Branch in Its Capacity as Administrative Agent for the Secured Parties Under and as Defined in the Credit Agreement
2022-03-31
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Charge registered #12
Lender: Dnb Bank Asa, New York Branch in Its Capacity as Administrative Agent for the Secured Parties Under and as Defined in the Credit Agreement
2022-03-31
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Charge registered #11
Lender: Dnb Bank Asa, New York Branch in Its Capacity as Administrative Agent for the Secured Parties Under and as Defined in the Credit Agreement
2022-01-21
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officers · CH04
2021-12-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-03-31
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Charge registered #10
Lender: Dnb Bank Asa New York Branch in Its Capacity as Administrative Agent for the Secured Parties Under and as Defined in the Credit Agreement
2018-04-11
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Charge registered #9
Lender: Dnb Bank Asa New York Branch, as Administrative Agent
2015-09-25
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Charge registered #8
Lender: Dnb Bank Asa, New York Branch as Administrative Agent
2015-01-13
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BRODIES SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2015-01-13
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MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP resigned
corporate-secretary
2014-05-13
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BLAIR, Colin Ian appointed
director
2014-05-13
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COOKE, Glenn Bruce appointed
director
2014-05-13
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STEWART, Leonard William appointed
director
2014-05-13
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YOUNG, William appointed
director
2014-05-13
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THOMPSON, Lorraine Elizabeth resigned
secretary
2014-05-13
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MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP appointed
corporate-secretary
2014-05-13
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IRVING, Paul Barrie appointed
director
2014-05-13
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MCINTOSH, Kenneth James resigned
director
2014-05-13
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SUTHERLAND, Alan George resigned
director
2014-05-13
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Charge registered #7
Lender: Dnb Bank Asa New York Branch, as Administrative Agent for the Secured Parties Under and as Defined in the Credit Agreement
2014-03-10
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MCMILLAN, David resigned
director
2014-01-08
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Charge satisfied #6
2013-12-04
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THOMPSON, Lorraine Elizabeth appointed
secretary
2013-12-04
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LEDINGHAM CHALMERS LLP resigned
corporate-secretary
2013-12-04
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BLAIR, Colin Ian resigned
director
2013-12-04
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IRVING, Paul Barrie resigned
director
2013-12-04
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MCINTOSH, Kenneth James appointed
director
2013-12-04
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SUTHERLAND, Alan George appointed
director

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Owner dependency

70/100

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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "COOKE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — 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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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 · 1 low

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.

9 live charges

low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Group structure

Cooke Aquaculture Uk Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Cooke Aquaculture Uk Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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COOKE AQUACULTURE FRESHWATER LIMITED

This company · SC288569

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Cooke Aquaculture Uk Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2005-08-08

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC03210 — SIC 03210

Registered office

C/O Brodies Llp

110 Queen Street

Glasgow

G1 3BX

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-22

Last: 2025-08-08