ALTASS FISHINGS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC478464 · ltd · incorporated 2014-05-27
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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Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 03120
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
34 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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-09-30 | 2023-09-30 |
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| Average employees | 0 | 0 |
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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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2025-06-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-17📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2024-01-09📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2024-01-09📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-06-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-06-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-06-05📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-06-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-29📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2017-09-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2014-05-27🏢Company incorporatedAs ALTASS FISHINGS LIMITED
- 2014-05-27➕GODMAN-DORINGTON, Andrew appointeddirector
- 2014-05-27➕GODMAN-DORINGTON, William appointeddirector
Owner dependency
86/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 66 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
61/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo 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 |
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Mr William Godman-Dorrington Individual · British · DOB 09/1960 · age 66 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Andrew Godman-Dorrington Individual · British · DOB 04/1963 · age 63 | 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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-05-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC03120 — SIC 03120
Registered office
5 Bell Ingram Llp
5 High Street
Beauly
IV4 7BS
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-10
Last: 2025-05-27
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
GODMAN-DORINGTON, Andrew→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2014-05-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GODMAN-DORINGTON, William→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2014-05-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (34 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-30
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2024-01-17
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-01-09
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-06-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-06-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-23