LAKE OF MENTEITH FISHERIES LIMITED (THE)

🌳Matureactive

SC043307 · ltd · incorporated 1966-03-29

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 25.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£360.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 03110

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

03210SIC 03210

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 88-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 88). 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 25.2y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 25.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

19 officers (7 active, 19 linked, 13 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

113 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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 · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £360,476

Cash YoY

+11%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£183k

↑ 11% YoY

Net Worth

£360k

↑ 5.3% YoY

Current Assets

£245k

↑ 7.2% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£371.0k	£352.9k
Current assets	£245.4k	£228.9k
Cash	£183.1k	£165.4k
Debtors	£5.0k	£3.5k
Net assets	£360.5k	£342.4k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (43 events)Click to expand

2025-09-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-06-12
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-07-12
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capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2024-06-19
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-09-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-08-01
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INGLEBY, John Mungo resigned
director
2023-06-08
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-06-08
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-09-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-07-11
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INGLEBY, Mungo appointed
director
2022-01-01
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PYE, Malcolm David Foster appointed
director
2021-09-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-12-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-07-06
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-07-06
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-07-06
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-09-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-06-27
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CARROLL, Victoria Nancy Kerr appointed
director
2019-06-06
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-02-01
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NAIRN, James Mckeand resigned
director
2018-09-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-02-01
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KERR STIRLING NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2016-02-01
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MATHIE MACLUCKIE LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2015-06-13
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FORBES, James Ewing resigned
director
2015-01-31
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MATHIE MACLUCKIE SOLICITORS resigned
corporate-secretary
2015-01-01
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MATHIE MACLUCKIE LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2007-06-17
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MAITLAND-MAKGILL-CRICHTON, David Edward, Major appointed
director
2005-03-30
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SIMPSON, Gordon Russell resigned
director
2004-11-21
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CALLANDER, Alexander Dougal resigned
director
2001-06-24
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CALLANDER, Alexander Dougal resigned
secretary
2001-06-24
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MATHIE MACLUCKIE SOLICITORS appointed
corporate-secretary
2001-02-22
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
1998-06-14
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SIMPSON, Alan Gordon appointed
director
1998-06-14
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FORBES, James Ewing appointed
director
1997-04-27
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NISBET, Robert resigned
director
1994-01-16
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CALLANDER, Alexander Dougal appointed
secretary
1994-01-16
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MATHIE MACLUCKIE SOLICITORS resigned
corporate-secretary
1993-03-28
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PATERSON, John Edmonstone resigned
director
1990-12-02
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EWING, Archibald Donald Orr, Sir appointed
director
1990-10-21
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EWING, Ronald Archibald Orr, Sir resigned
director
1989-06-25
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CALLANDER, Alexander Dougal appointed
director
1966-03-29
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Company incorporated
As LAKE OF MENTEITH FISHERIES LIMITED (THE)

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 35 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 88 — succession pressure is live.

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 88 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 35 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 60 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.)

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JOHN CAMERON. (GRAZIER) LIMITED→ SC033835 · est 1959	—	—	—	200	67y	82	74y
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SCOTTISH SEA FARMS SALES LIMITED→ SC165107 · est 1996 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	30y	82	58y
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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1966-03-29

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC03110 — SIC 03110

Registered office

10 Albert Place

Stirling

Stirlingshire

FK8 2QL

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