IAN PERKES FISH MERCHANTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05192943 · ltd · incorporated 2004-07-29
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 21.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£266.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 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

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 21.8y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 21.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
57 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
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 declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £266,376
Cash YoY
+761%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£127k
↑ 761% YoY
Net Worth
£266k
↑ 182% YoY
Current Assets
£966k
↑ 36% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£193k£386k£580k£773k£966kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£278.4k£120.9k
Current assets£965.9k£710.9k
Cash£127.0k£14.8k
Debtors£820.9k£671.7k
Net assets£266.4k£94.5k

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-27
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  2. 2024-10-03
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  3. 2024-07-29
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  4. 2023-12-06
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  5. 2023-07-21
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    address · AD01
  6. 2023-06-05
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  7. 2022-04-27
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  8. 2021-04-19
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  9. 2020-01-31
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  10. 2019-07-04
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    address · AD01
  11. 2019-01-30
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  12. 2018-02-05
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  13. 2017-01-30
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  14. 2016-03-04
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  15. 2015-08-04
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  16. 2005-06-20
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland Commercial Services Limited
  17. 2004-10-06
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  18. 2004-07-29
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    Company incorporated
    As IAN PERKES FISH MERCHANTS LIMITED
  19. 2004-07-29
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    PERKES, Ian Malcolm appointed
    secretary
  20. 2004-07-29
    ➕
    PERKES, Ian Malcolm appointed
    director
  21. 2004-07-29
    ➕
    PERKES, Karen Elizabeth appointed
    director
  22. 2004-07-29
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    PERKES, Sean Robert appointed
    director

Owner dependency

98/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "PERKES" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — 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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ian Malcolm Perkes
Individual · British · DOB 02/1956 · age 70
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Karen Elizabeth Perkes
Individual · British · DOB 01/1957 · age 69
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Sean Robert Perkes
Individual · British · DOB 09/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2004-07-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46380 — Wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs

Registered office

Office 5 The Fish Quay
Brixham
Devon
TQ5 8AW
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-12
Last: 2025-07-29

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

PERKES, Ian Malcolm→
secretary · appointed 2004-07-29
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Active
PERKES, Ian Malcolm→
director · ~70y · appointed 2004-07-29
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Active
PERKES, Karen Elizabeth→
director · ~69y · appointed 2004-07-29
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Active
PERKES, Sean Robert→
director · ~61y · appointed 2004-07-29
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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland Commercial Services Limited
Fixed and floating charge1 property20/06/2005—
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Debenture1 property06/10/2004—
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Recent filings (57 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-08
change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
address · AD02
2024-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-31