CLYDE SHELLFISH LTD

💤Zombieactive

SC382130 · ltd · incorporated 2010-07-19

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.

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

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🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jul 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

74/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 03110

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

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

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

38 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

74/100Strong

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Average employees	1	100

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 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand

2026-01-19
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2025-03-06
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address · AD01
2025-03-06
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address · AD01
2025-01-24
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accounts · AA
2024-03-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-26
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accounts · AA
2022-02-28
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2021-01-21
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accounts · AA
2021-01-14
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officers · CH01
2021-01-14
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address · AD01
2020-02-03
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capital · SH01
2020-02-03
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accounts · AA
2018-11-28
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accounts · AA
2018-07-06
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2018-02-02
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accounts · AA
2017-03-31
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2010-07-19
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Company incorporated
As CLYDE SHELLFISH LTD
2010-07-19
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CRIGHTON, Ronald Scott appointed
director

Owner dependency

90/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+No director turnover: Company is 16 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

68/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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 low

Multiple registered office changes

low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ronald Scott Crighton Individual · British · DOB 09/1973 · age 53	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	19/07/2016

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

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OUR POWER (CAIRNDOW) COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY→ SC331067 · est 2007 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	18y	83	84y
ROSSFORD LIMITED→ SC155011 · est 1994	—	—	£2.65M	—	31y	83	73y
THE STAR FISHING COMPANY LIMITED→ SC259129 · est 2003	—	—	£5.8k	—	22y	83	72y
AITKEN SHELLFISH LIMITED→ SC360377 · est 2009	—	—	£521.7k	—	16y	82	58y
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2010-07-19

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC03110 — SIC 03110

Registered office

Flat 3/1 Admiral's Court

84 Kempock Street

Gourock

PA19 1ND

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-21

Last: 2025-07-07

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

CRIGHTON, Ronald Scott→

director · ~53y · appointed 2010-07-19

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Active

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Recent filings (38 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-01-19

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-07-11

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2025-03-06

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2025-03-06

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-01-24

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-07-15

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-03-11

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-07-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-01-26

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-07-18

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-02-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-07-22

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2021-01-21

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2021-01-14

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2021-01-14