G J D FISHING LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC339273 · ltd · incorporated 2008-03-10

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£391.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 03110

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

42 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £391,761

Cash YoY

-2%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£428k

↓ 2.3% YoY

Net Worth

£392k

↑ 2.4% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£397.1k	£389.8k
Cash	£428.0k	£437.9k
Net assets	£391.8k	£382.6k

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2025-09-12
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2024-07-29
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2023-08-17
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2022-05-25
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2021-06-15
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accounts · AA
2020-11-19
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2019-05-20
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2018-06-05
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2017-07-18
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accounts · AA
2016-05-19
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accounts · AA
2016-03-15
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2016-03-07
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officers · AP01
2015-05-14
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accounts · AA
2015-04-06
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DUNCAN, Julie Ann appointed
director
2015-03-24
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annual-return · AR01
2014-05-16
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accounts · AA
2008-03-10
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Company incorporated
As G J D FISHING LTD
2008-03-10
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DUNCAN, Julie Ann appointed
secretary
2008-03-10
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DUNCAN, Gilbert West appointed
director

Owner dependency

84/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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
Mrs Julie Ann Duncan Individual · British · DOB 06/1967 · age 59	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mr Gilbert West Duncan Individual · British · DOB 06/1969 · age 57	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	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

Incorporated2008-03-10

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC03110 — SIC 03110

Registered office

8 Robbie's Road

Fraserburgh

Aberdeenshire

AB43 7AF

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-03

Last: 2026-02-17

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

DUNCAN, Julie Ann→

secretary · appointed 2008-03-10

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DUNCAN, Gilbert West→

director · ~57y · appointed 2008-03-10

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DUNCAN, Julie Ann→

director · ~59y · appointed 2015-04-06

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