JOHN M FISHER LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC398609 · ltd · incorporated 2011-05-03
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 13.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£573.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 13.0y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 13.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
47 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
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 £573,849
Cash YoY
+76%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£82k
↑ 76% YoY
Net Worth
£574k
↑ 25% YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£115k£230k£344k£459k£574kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Cash£81.9k£46.6k
Net assets£573.8k£459.3k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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
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Last 180 days
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Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-30
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  12. 2024-11-25
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  13. 2023-08-17
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  14. 2022-09-06
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  15. 2021-11-17
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  16. 2020-09-15
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  17. 2019-09-04
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  18. 2018-10-22
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  19. 2013-06-10
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 2011-05-05
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    FISHER, Alistair appointed
    director
  21. 2011-05-05
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    FISHER, Rosemary appointed
    director
  22. 2011-05-03
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    Company incorporated
    As JOHN M FISHER LTD.
  23. 2011-05-03
    ➕
    FISHER, John Milne appointed
    director
  24. 2011-05-03
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2011-05-03
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2011-05-03
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
    director
  27. 2011-05-03
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
    director

Owner dependency

98/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "FISHER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alistair Fisher
Individual · British · DOB 11/1990 · age 36
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr John Milne Fisherceased 17/07/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mrs Rosemary Fisherceased 17/07/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2011-05-03
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

Meikle Larbrax Farm
Leswalt
Stranraer
Wigtownshire
DG9 0RR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-16
Last: 2025-05-02

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

FISHER, Alistair→
director · ~36y · appointed 2011-05-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FISHER, John Milne→
director · ~67y · appointed 2011-05-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FISHER, Rosemary→
director · ~62y · appointed 2011-05-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2011-05-03 · resigned 2011-05-03
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen George→
director · ~76y · appointed 2011-05-03 · resigned 2011-05-03
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property10/06/2013—
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Recent filings (47 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-10-30
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-07-23
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-07-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-05-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-05-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-05-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-05-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-17