BRISTOL CHANNEL FISHERIES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01628777 · ltd · incorporated 1982-04-14
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 21.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£808.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 03120
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 21.7y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 21.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (5 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
103 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £808,792
Net assets shrinking
Down £95 YoY
Cash YoY
+0%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£31k
~ YoY
Net Worth
£809k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£572k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-29 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £808.8k | £808.9k |
| Current assets | £571.9k | £571.9k |
| Cash | £31.4k | £31.4k |
| Debtors | £540.5k | £540.5k |
| Net assets | £808.8k | £808.9k |
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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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-02-26📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-01-31📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-01-31📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-01-31📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-12-10➕WOOD, Anna Margarita appointeddirector
- 2024-12-10➕WOOD, Joanna appointeddirector
- 2024-12-10➕WOOD, Rupert appointeddirector
- 2024-11-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-11-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-04-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2012-10-04➖WRIGHT, David Glynn resigneddirector
- 2004-10-22🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1982-04-14🏢Company incorporatedAs BRISTOL CHANNEL FISHERIES LIMITED
Owner dependency
63/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
20/100
No succession signalNo meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — WOOD, Anna Margarita (same surname) appointed 2024-12-10. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Joanna Wood Individual · British · DOB 04/1952 · age 74 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 10/12/2024 |
Mr Edmund John Peter Wood Individual · British · DOB 01/1949 · age 77 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1982-04-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC03120 — SIC 03120
Registered office
Fairmead House
123 Hempsted Lane
Gloucester
GL2 5JY
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-20
Last: 2025-10-06
Officers (5 active · 1 resigned)
Active
WOOD, Anna Margarita→
Activedirector · ~49y · appointed 2024-12-10
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Active
WOOD, Joanna→
Activedirector · ~74y · appointed 2024-12-10
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WOOD, Rupert→
Activedirector · ~47y · appointed 2024-12-10
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WRIGHT, David Glynn→
Resigneddirector · ~79y · resigned 2012-10-04
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 22/10/2004 | — |
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Recent filings (103 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-02-26
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-02-26
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-31
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-31
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-07