FINDHORN SALMON FISHINGS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC030593 · ltd · incorporated 1955-02-21
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 63.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£291.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
PursueProperty-backed borrower with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). 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 63.4y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 63.4 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 (81/100)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
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
106 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →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 · FRS 105 (micro)Positive net assets
Net assets £291,194
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£291k
↑ 4.2% YoY
Current Assets
£23k
↑ 172% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £291.2k | £279.5k |
| Current assets | £22.6k | £8.3k |
| Net assets | £291.2k | £279.5k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-02📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-06-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-05-30📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-05-30📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-05-30📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-08-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-18📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2020-06-18📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2019-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-03📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2008-04-02➕LEVEN, Alexander Ian, Lord appointeddirector
- 2007-02-14➖BALGONIE, David Alexander, Lord resigneddirector
- 2004-11-15➕BALGONIE, David Alexander, Lord appointeddirector
- 2004-11-15➖LEVEN & MELVILLE resignedcorporate-director
- 1999-12-16➕LAING, Anthony Rupert appointedsecretary
- 1999-12-16➖STUART, James W W resignedsecretary
- 1999-12-16➖STUART, James W W resigneddirector
- 1962-11-28🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Scottish Salmon and White Fish Company LTD
- 1955-02-21🏢Company incorporatedAs FINDHORN SALMON FISHINGS LIMITED
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +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
83/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 71 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Alexander William Grant Laing Individual · British · DOB 03/1982 · age 44 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 30/09/2019 |
Lord Alexander Ian Leven Individual · British · DOB 11/1984 · age 42 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1955-02-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Registered office
34 Ferryhill
Forres
Moray
IV36 2GY
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-05
Last: 2025-05-22
Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)
LAING, Anthony Rupert→
Activesecretary · appointed 1999-12-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
Active
LEVEN, Alexander Ian, Lord→
Activedirector · ~42y · appointed 2008-04-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
STUART, James W W→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1999-12-16
BALGONIE, David Alexander, Lord→
Resigneddirector · ~72y · appointed 2004-11-15 · resigned 2007-02-14
STUART, James W W→
Resigneddirector · ~93y · resigned 1999-12-16
LEVEN & MELVILLE→
Resignedcorporate-director · resigned 2004-11-15
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | The Scottish Salmon and White Fish Company The Scottish Salmon and White Fish Company LTD | Bond & disposition in security | 1 property | 28/11/1962 | — |
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Recent filings (106 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-05-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-04