ORKNEY DIVED SCALLOPS LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC456964 · ltd · incorporated 2013-08-16
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
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 03110
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
37 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Average employees2200

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

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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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-28
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  2. 2025-10-28
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  3. 2025-10-28
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    officers · TM01
  4. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-09-10
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    BROWN, Shona Lee resigned
    director
  6. 2024-06-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-04-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-08-29
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-09-09
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2021-09-09
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2021-09-09
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2021-09-09
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  14. 2021-01-12
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-10-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-04-22
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2018-12-15
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    BROWN, Barbara Ellen resigned
    director
  18. 2018-10-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2016-01-01
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    BROWN, Barbara Ellen appointed
    director
  20. 2016-01-01
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    BROWN, Shona Lee appointed
    director
  21. 2013-08-16
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    Company incorporated
    As ORKNEY DIVED SCALLOPS LTD
  22. 2013-08-16
    ➕
    BROWN, Frederick appointed
    director
  23. 2013-08-16
    ➕
    BROWN, Georgina Anne appointed
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +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
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Georgina Anne Brown
Individual · British · DOB 10/1984 · age 42
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting16/08/2021
Mr Frederick Brown
Individual · British · DOB 12/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting16/08/2021
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Shona Lee Brownceased 10/09/2025· 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
Incorporated2013-08-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC03110 — SIC 03110

Registered office

St. Margaret's Cottage
St. Margaret's Hope
Orkney
KW17 2SR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-11
Last: 2025-10-28

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

BROWN, Frederick→
director · ~65y · appointed 2013-08-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROWN, Georgina Anne→
director · ~42y · appointed 2013-08-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROWN, Barbara Ellen→
director · ~63y · appointed 2016-01-01 · resigned 2018-12-15
Resigned
BROWN, Shona Lee→
director · ~40y · appointed 2016-01-01 · resigned 2025-09-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (37 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-28
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-10-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-28
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-09
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-09-09