AB SEAFOODS (DEVON) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09666808 · ltd · incorporated 2015-07-02
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10200
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
37 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees100100

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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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-05
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-11-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-04-01
    ➕
    MITCHELMORE-REDCLIFT, Emma Jane appointed
    director
  4. 2025-04-01
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2024-11-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-10-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-01-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-11-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-03-17
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-05-27
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2020-05-12
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-05-11
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2020-05-06
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2020-05-06
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2020-05-05
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2020-05-05
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2020-05-05
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  18. 2020-05-05
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  19. 2020-05-05
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  20. 2020-03-23
    ➕
    MITCHELMORE, Richard James appointed
    director
  21. 2020-03-23
    ➖
    BIGGS, Amy Danielle resigned
    secretary
  22. 2020-03-23
    ➖
    BIGGS, Adam Oliver, Dennis resigned
    director
  23. 2015-07-02
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AB SEAFOODS (DEVON) LIMITED
  24. 2015-07-02
    ➕
    BIGGS, Amy Danielle appointed
    secretary
  25. 2015-07-02
    ➕
    BIGGS, Adam Oliver, Dennis appointed
    director

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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Richard James Mitchelmore
Individual · British · DOB 08/1952 · age 74
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control23/03/2020
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Adam Oliver Dennis Biggsceased 23/03/2020· significant influence
  • Mr Adam Oliver, Dennis Biggsceased 23/03/2020· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2015-07-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10200 — SIC 10200

Registered office

C/O Morgan Accountants Ltd Unit 2, Duke St Court
Bridge Street
Kingsbridge
Devon
TQ7 1HX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-25
Last: 2026-05-11

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

MITCHELMORE, Richard James→
director · ~74y · appointed 2020-03-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MITCHELMORE-REDCLIFT, Emma Jane→
director · ~53y · appointed 2025-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BIGGS, Amy Danielle→
secretary · appointed 2015-07-02 · resigned 2020-03-23
Resigned
BIGGS, Adam Oliver, Dennis→
director · ~41y · appointed 2015-07-02 · resigned 2020-03-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (37 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-17
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-05-27