ARVAKR FISHING LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC638848 · ltd · incorporated 2019-08-14
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 6.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£-426.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 03110
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 6.6y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 6.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
26 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £426,249
Cash YoY
+735%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£5k
↑ 735% YoY
Net Worth
-£426k
↓ 8.5% YoY
Current Assets
£5k
↑ 81% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£426k-£340k-£254k-£167k-£81k£5kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£-132.2k£-67.8k
Current assets£5.3k£2.9k
Cash£5.3k£631
Debtors—£2.3k
Net assets£-426.2k£-392.9k

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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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-10-04
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  4. 2024-08-30
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2024-08-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2024-08-30
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2024-08-30
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2024-08-30
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2024-08-14
    ➕
    MACLENNAN, Ross appointed
    director
  10. 2024-08-14
    ➖
    MACALISTER, John resigned
    director
  11. 2023-09-07
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-08-31
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  14. 2021-08-30
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2021-08-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-07-14
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  17. 2021-07-13
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  18. 2020-01-21
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  19. 2020-01-16
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 2019-10-02
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  21. 2019-09-30
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  22. 2019-08-27
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  23. 2019-08-14
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    Company incorporated
    As ARVAKR FISHING LIMITED
  24. 2019-08-14
    ➕
    KNIGHT, Paul Daniel appointed
    director
  25. 2019-08-14
    ➕
    MACALISTER, John appointed
    director
  26. 2019-08-14
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2024-10-04: certificate-change-of-name-company

Group structure

Pdk Shellfish Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Pdk Shellfish Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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ARVAKR FISHING LIMITED
This company · SC638848

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ross Maclennan
Individual · British · DOB 06/1984 · age 42
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting14/08/2024
Pdk Shellfish Limited
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting14/08/2019
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • John Macalister (Oban) Limitedceased 14/08/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr John Macalisterceased 13/08/2021· 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
Incorporated2019-08-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC03110 — SIC 03110

Registered office

Aurora
Aurora
Kirkapol
Isle Of Tiree
PA77 6TW
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-27
Last: 2025-08-13

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

KNIGHT, Paul Daniel→
director · ~49y · appointed 2019-08-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACLENNAN, Ross→
director · ~42y · appointed 2024-08-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACALISTER, John→
director · ~72y · appointed 2019-08-14 · resigned 2024-08-14
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property16/01/2020—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—30/09/2019—
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Recent filings (26 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-10-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-08-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-08-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-08-30
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-01