Q VARL FISHING COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09181976 · ltd · incorporated 2014-08-19
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
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£-763.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 03110
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
14 connected companies via shared directors
87
Filing history
27 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £763,691
Cash YoY
-7%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2k
↓ 6.5% YoY
Net Worth
-£764k
↓ 6.3% YoY
Current Assets
£2k
↓ 40% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£764k-£610k-£457k-£304k-£150k£3kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£-261.8k£-201.4k
Current assets£1.8k£3.0k
Cash£1.7k£1.9k
Debtors£43£1.1k
Net assets£-763.7k£-718.4k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-30
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-28
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-02-20
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    officers · AP01
  5. 2023-02-17
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    officers · TM01
  6. 2023-02-17
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2022-11-29
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    SMITH, Andrew David appointed
    director
  8. 2022-11-29
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    GAULT, William Foster resigned
    director
  9. 2022-11-29
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    STEPHEN, James Mccracken resigned
    director
  10. 2022-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-09-24
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-11-20
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-03-04
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    address · AD01
  14. 2019-08-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-08-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-09-26
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-05-19
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  18. 2015-09-10
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  19. 2014-08-19
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    Company incorporated
    As Q VARL FISHING COMPANY LIMITED
  20. 2014-08-19
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    FLETCHER, Ian Alasdair appointed
    director
  21. 2014-08-19
    ➕
    LEIPER, David William appointed
    director
  22. 2014-08-19
    ➕
    MACALISTER, John appointed
    director
  23. 2014-08-19
    ➕
    GAULT, William Foster appointed
    director
  24. 2014-08-19
    ➕
    STEPHEN, James Mccracken appointed
    director

Owner dependency

55/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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.)

Group structure

The Star Fishing Company Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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The Star Fishing Company Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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Q VARL FISHING COMPANY LIMITED
This company · 09181976

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
The Star Fishing Company Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% 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
Incorporated2014-08-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC03110 — SIC 03110

Registered office

Century House
Nicholson Road
Torquay
TQ2 7TD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-30
Last: 2025-08-16

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

FLETCHER, Ian Alasdair→
director · ~64y · appointed 2014-08-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LEIPER, David William→
director · ~50y · appointed 2014-08-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACALISTER, John→
director · ~72y · appointed 2014-08-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMITH, Andrew David→
director · ~36y · appointed 2022-11-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GAULT, William Foster→
director · ~78y · appointed 2014-08-19 · resigned 2022-11-29
Resigned
STEPHEN, James Mccracken→
director · ~69y · appointed 2014-08-19 · resigned 2022-11-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (27 total)

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2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-16
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officers · AP01
2023-02-20
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officers · TM01
2023-02-17
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-25