DELISH FISH LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
SC585416 · ltd · incorporated 2018-01-11
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£100
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 47230
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 96020Hairdressing and other beauty treatment
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 75). 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, 2 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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
24 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Positive net assets
Net assets £100
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£100
↑ 100% YoY
Current Assets
£64k
↓ 36% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-01-31 | 2024-01-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £100 | £-82.1k |
| Current assets | £63.5k | £99.0k |
| Net assets | £100 | £-82.1k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 officers
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-03-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-11-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-27📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2023-12-26📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2023-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-30📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2022-03-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-29📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2021-01-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-02✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2020-10-02📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2019-10-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-01-11🏢Company incorporatedAs DELISH FISH LIMITED
- 2018-01-11➕MILNE, John Hughes appointeddirector
- 2018-01-11➕MILNE, John Hughes appointeddirector
- 2018-01-11📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
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 75 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr John Hughes Milne Individual · British · DOB 05/1951 · age 75 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 11/01/2018 |
Mr John Hughes Milne Individual · British · DOB 11/1973 · age 53 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 11/01/2018 |
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
Incorporated2018-01-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47230 — SIC 47230
Registered office
28 Broad Street
Peterhead
AB42 1BY
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-15
Last: 2025-10-01
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
MILNE, John Hughes→
Activedirector · ~75y · appointed 2018-01-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MILNE, John Hughes→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2018-01-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (24 total)
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-24
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-12-27
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-12-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-08
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-29
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-03-29