BRIDLINGTON SHELLFISH CO. LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04648808 · ltd · incorporated 2003-01-27

Investment thesis

Looks cheap but ownership + security both unclear — probable value trap.

Why interesting: Headline metrics may be attractive.

Why risky: No PSC visibility combined with multiple live charges; transacting likely slow and expensive.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 23.4y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jan 2026

Net worth

£519.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 03110

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 80). 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

4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 23.4y

50/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 23.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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

4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)

Directors & officers

16 officers (6 active, 16 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

103 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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £519,440

Net assets shrinking

Down £38,311 YoY

Cash YoY

+3%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£394k

↑ 2.8% YoY

Net Worth

£519k

↓ 6.9% YoY

Current Assets

£520k

↓ 5.6% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2026-01-31	2025-01-31
Total assets	£522.4k	£571.2k
Current assets	£519.7k	£550.8k
Cash	£394.5k	£383.6k
Debtors	£90.0k	£128.4k
Net assets	£519.4k	£557.8k

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (53 events)Click to expand

2026-05-21
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accounts · AA
2025-07-07
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accounts · AA
2024-05-01
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accounts · AA
2023-05-16
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accounts · AA
2023-03-06
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capital · SH06
2023-03-03
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capital · SH03
2023-01-24
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CRUDDAS, Andrew resigned
director
2023-01-24
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officers · TM01
2023-01-16
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mortgage · MR04
2023-01-16
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mortgage · MR04
2023-01-16
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mortgage · MR04
2023-01-16
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Charge satisfied #4
2023-01-16
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Charge satisfied #3
2023-01-16
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Charge satisfied #2
2022-06-28
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accounts · AA
2021-05-17
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accounts · AA
2021-03-22
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capital · SH06
2021-03-22
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capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2021-03-19
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-02-24
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officers · TM01
2021-02-22
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LANGLEY, Paul Howard resigned
director
2021-01-12
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capital · SH06
2021-01-12
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capital · SH03
2020-11-27
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officers · TM01
2020-11-26
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COWAN, Steven Paul resigned
director
2020-02-14
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SAYER, Paula Irene appointed
secretary
2020-02-14
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WEBB, Yvonne resigned
secretary
2017-04-06
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STEPHENSON, John appointed
director
2017-04-05
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JEWITT, Dennis resigned
director
2016-06-18
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank)
2016-06-18
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank)
2016-06-18
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank)
2009-01-31
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ROWE, Ian Arthur resigned
director
2007-11-29
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WEBB, Yvonne appointed
secretary
2007-11-29
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WILLSON, Susan Jane resigned
secretary
2005-11-16
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COWAN, Steven Paul resigned
secretary
2005-11-16
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WILLSON, Susan Jane appointed
secretary
2003-02-17
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Yorkshire Bank PLC
2003-01-27
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Company incorporated
As BRIDLINGTON SHELLFISH CO. LIMITED
2003-01-27
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EMMERSON, Michael John appointed
director
2003-01-27
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EMMERSON, Richard appointed
director
2003-01-27
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JEWITT, Kenneth Peter appointed
director
2003-01-27
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SAYER, Michael Patrick appointed
director
2003-01-27
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COWAN, Steven Paul appointed
secretary
2003-01-27
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-01-27
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-01-27
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COWAN, Steven Paul appointed
director
2003-01-27
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CRUDDAS, Andrew appointed
director
2003-01-27
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JEWITT, Dennis appointed
director
2003-01-27
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LANGLEY, Paul Howard 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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — 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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2003-01-27

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC03110 — SIC 03110

Registered office

Medina House

2 Station Avenue

Bridlington

East Yorkshire

YO16 4LZ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-10-31

Last made up to: 2026-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-10

Last: 2026-01-27