SEA HARVEST SCOTLAND LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC423669 · ltd · incorporated 2012-05-09

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 9.8y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Feb 2025

Net worth

£554.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 9.8y

70/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 9.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

9 officers (6 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

15 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

63 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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 £554,447

Net assets shrinking

Down £25,425 YoY

Cash YoY

+15%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£449k

↑ 15% YoY

Net Worth

£554k

↓ 4.4% YoY

Current Assets

£726k

↓ 2.0% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-02-28	2024-02-29
Total assets	£554.7k	£579.9k
Current assets	£726.0k	£740.9k
Cash	£449.4k	£390.3k
Debtors	£275.0k	£347.9k
Net assets	£554.4k	£579.9k

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 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand

2025-11-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-10-03
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-03
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-04-14
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-04-14
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officers · CH01
2023-04-14
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-04-14
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-04-14
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-11-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-01-21
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-01-21
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-01-19
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capital · SH08
2022-01-19
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capital · SH10
2022-01-19
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2021-08-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-10-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-08-24
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-05-07
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2019-04-22
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Charge satisfied #2
2019-04-22
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Charge satisfied #1
2016-07-08
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2016-06-20
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2015-09-11
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VIRTUE, Paul James appointed
director
2015-09-11
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WILSON, Shona Alice appointed
director
2015-09-11
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D. R. COLLIN & SON LIMITED resigned
corporate-director
2015-03-02
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CALLANDER, Jane appointed
director
2015-03-02
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CALLANDER, John Graham appointed
director
2014-06-13
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MARK, Ryan appointed
secretary
2014-06-13
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COOK, James Cowe appointed
director
2014-06-13
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FORMAN, Keith resigned
director
2014-06-13
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FORMAN, Linda resigned
director
2014-06-13
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D. R. COLLIN & SON LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2012-05-09
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Company incorporated
As SEA HARVEST SCOTLAND LTD.
2012-05-09
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FORMAN, Keith appointed
director
2012-05-09
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FORMAN, Linda appointed
director

Owner dependency

63/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

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.

Group structure

D. R. Collin & Son Ltd holds majority control (50-75%). Likely parent but not wholly-owned.

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D. R. Collin & Son Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares

majority

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SEA HARVEST SCOTLAND LTD.

This company · SC423669

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
D. R. Collin & Son Ltd Corporate entity	50–75%	—	50-75% shares	06/04/2016
Mrs Jane Callander Individual · British · DOB 08/1968 · age 58	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

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MY7 WHOLESALE LIMITED→ SC671671 · est 2020 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	5y	—	—
NORTHERN INDUSTRIAL ELASTOMERS LIMITED→ 02728982 · est 1992 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	33y	—	—
NORTHUMBRIAN DISTRIBUTION LIMITED→ 12269913 · est 2019 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	6y	—	—
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R CURLE & SONS (LIVESTOCK) LIMITED→ 02529546 · est 1990 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	35y	—	—
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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2012-05-09

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC46380 — Wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs

Registered office

Unit 1 Coldingham Road Industrial Estate

Eyemouth

TD14 5AN

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-03

Last: 2026-03-20