CARRICKS (FISH) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

00418936 · ltd · incorporated 1946-09-09

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 Aug 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Wholesale of fruit and vegetables

Sector: Wholesale & retail

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

46380Wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs
47210Retail sale of fruit and vegetables in specialised stores
47230SIC 47230

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 4 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

9 officers (6 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

121 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-08-31	2024-08-31
Average employees	26	2000

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

• 2 officers
• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2026-06-22
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officers · CH01
2026-06-22
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2026-06-22
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officers · CH01
2026-06-22
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-30
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accounts · AA
2025-05-06
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accounts · AA
2024-01-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-17
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-06-17
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-06-17
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-06-17
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2023-06-17
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officers · CH01
2023-04-18
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accounts · AA
2022-05-16
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accounts · AA
2022-02-08
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2021-07-17
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-07-17
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-05-29
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capital · SH01
2021-05-29
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2009-02-01
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CARRICK, Kevin Matthew appointed
director
2009-02-01
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CARRICK, Martin Timothy appointed
director
2009-02-01
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REVIS, Nicola Claire appointed
director
2007-04-07
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CARRICK, Ann appointed
director
2002-06-10
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CARRICK, Ann appointed
secretary
2002-06-10
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CARRICK, John appointed
director
2002-06-10
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CARRICK, Ronald Andrew Peter resigned
secretary
2002-06-10
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CARRICK, Kenneth David resigned
director
2002-06-10
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CARRICK, Ronald Andrew Peter resigned
director
1946-09-09
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Company incorporated
As CARRICKS (FISH) LIMITED

Owner dependency

88/100

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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CARRICK" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 80 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
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

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Nicola Claire Revis Individual · British · DOB 07/1973 · age 53	—	25–50%	25-50% voting	17/03/2023
Mr Martin Timothy Carrick Individual · British · DOB 02/1976 · age 50	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	17/03/2023
Mr Kevin Matthew Carrick Individual · British · DOB 12/1978 · age 48	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	17/03/2023

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr John Carrickceased 31/05/2021· 25-50% shares
Mrs Ann Carrickceased 31/05/2021· 25-50% shares

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

Incorporated1946-09-09

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46310 — Wholesale of fruit and vegetables

Registered office

Yew Tree House

Snape

Bedale

North Yorkshire

DL8 2TJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-07-01

Last: 2026-06-17