FLEETWOOD FISH MERCHANTS' ASSOCIATION LIMITED

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00149734 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1918-02-27

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

—

year to Feb 2025

Net worth

£58.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

73/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of professional membership organisations

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Special-situation opportunity

Distressed other with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 60/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

34 officers (12 active, 34 linked, 30 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

151 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

73/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Some moderate concerns — review flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £58,407

Cash YoY

-16%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£81k

↓ 16% YoY

Net Worth

£58k

↑ 109% YoY

Current Assets

£101k

↓ 89% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-02-28	2024-02-29
Total assets	£58.4k	£27.9k
Current assets	£101.0k	£957.8k
Cash	£80.9k	£95.7k
Debtors	£20.1k	£862.1k
Net assets	£58.4k	£27.9k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (70 events)Click to expand

2026-04-24
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2026-01-15
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accounts · AA
2025-06-27
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officers · CH01
2025-06-27
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officers · CH01
2025-06-27
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officers · CH01
2025-06-27
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officers · CH01
2025-06-27
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officers · CH03
2025-06-02
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officers · AP01
2025-05-22
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EWEN, Alistair appointed
director
2025-02-20
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officers · AP01
2025-02-05
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O'DONNELL, Barry appointed
director
2024-10-23
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accounts · AA
2024-10-21
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2024-10-17
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2024-10-10
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officers · TM01
2024-10-09
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HAUGAN, Antony Kenneth appointed
director
2024-10-09
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HOOGERWERF, Guy appointed
director
2024-10-09
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HUARTSON, John appointed
director
2024-10-09
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OWEN, Beverley appointed
director
2024-10-09
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RICHES, Andrew Damien resigned
director
2024-06-05
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WILSON, Michael John appointed
director
2024-06-05
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2024-05-20
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2024-05-09
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address · AD01
2023-11-16
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accounts · AA
2023-11-13
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officers · TM01
2023-09-28
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-09-28
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-09-28
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-11-11
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WRAY, Natalie appointed
secretary
2022-11-11
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WELSH, Alan resigned
secretary
2022-11-11
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HOGAN, Antony resigned
director
2022-04-01
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WILSON, Mark Steven appointed
director
2022-04-01
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WELSH, Alan appointed
secretary
2022-04-01
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HOGAN, Antony appointed
director
2022-03-30
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ANDERSON, Geoffrey Andrew resigned
secretary
2021-07-16
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HAYTON, Patrick appointed
director
2021-07-16
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WELSH, Andrew James appointed
director
2021-06-24
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HANVEY, Stephen Francis resigned
director
2021-06-19
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MERRICK, Peter Maurice resigned
director
2021-06-19
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RICHARDSON, William resigned
director
2014-07-14
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HORABIN, Richard Joseph resigned
director
2014-07-14
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KELLETT, Steven resigned
director
2009-10-07
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HRYCKOWIAN, Michael appointed
director
2009-10-07
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GIBLIN, Andrew William resigned
director
2008-02-29
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KELLY, John Peter resigned
director
2005-07-25
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GIBLIN, Andrew William appointed
director
2004-07-19
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KELLETT, Steven appointed
director

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Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-11 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+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

68/100

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.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.

Red flags

1 high ·

Confirmation statement overdue

high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-07-03

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1918-02-27

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC94120 — Activities of professional membership organisations

Registered office

3 Dock Avenue

Fleetwood

FY7 6NN

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-03OVERDUE

Last: 2025-06-19