SEAFISH U.K. LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC058333 · ltd · incorporated 1975-08-05
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
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£9.05M
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
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 77/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 74). Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 11 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (45/100).

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Refinance opportunity

24 live charges · 11 lenders · oldest 46.9y

25/100
too messy

Structure is too messy for a clean refinance right now — clean up first or expect bespoke terms.

  • · Oldest live charge is 46.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 11 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 55/100 (high).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
24 charges (24/24 with lender, 24/24 with type)
90
Directors & officers
15 officers (3 active, 15 linked, 11 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
179 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
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
77
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 £9,047,848
Cash YoY
+5%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£4.0m
↑ 5.2% YoY
Net Worth
£9.0m
↑ 5.3% YoY
Current Assets
£11m
↑ 7.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£2.1m£4.2m£6.4m£8.5m£11mDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£9.16M£8.68M
Current assets£10.62M£9.88M
Cash£3.95M£3.75M
Debtors£3.38M£3.46M
Net assets£9.05M£8.59M

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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (87 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-19
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  2. 2025-09-19
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  3. 2025-04-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
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  4. 2024-11-08
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-05-29
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  6. 2024-05-28
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  7. 2023-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-10-28
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    address · AD01
  9. 2022-09-29
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  10. 2021-09-29
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  11. 2020-11-16
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    capital-cancellation-shares
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  12. 2020-11-16
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    capital · SH03
  13. 2020-11-10
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  14. 2020-10-21
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    change-of-constitution · CC04
  15. 2020-10-21
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  16. 2020-10-21
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    capital · SH08
  17. 2020-10-19
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  18. 2020-10-19
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  19. 2017-03-17
    ➕
    CARTER, Cheryl Ann appointed
    director
  20. 2012-06-29
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    FLYNN, John Patrick resigned
    director
  21. 2009-10-29
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    Charge registered #36
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited
  22. 2006-05-16
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    Charge satisfied #31
  23. 2006-05-16
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    Charge satisfied #17
  24. 2006-04-13
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    Charge satisfied #34
  25. 2006-04-06
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    Charge satisfied #32
  26. 2006-04-06
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    Charge satisfied #30
  27. 2006-04-06
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    Charge satisfied #29
  28. 2006-04-06
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    Charge satisfied #22
  29. 2006-04-06
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    Charge satisfied #9
  30. 2006-04-06
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    Charge satisfied #3
  31. 2005-04-08
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    Charge registered #35
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  32. 2003-04-30
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    CARTER, Cheryl appointed
    secretary
  33. 2003-04-30
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    FLYNN, John Patrick resigned
    secretary
  34. 2002-12-31
    ➖
    BLACK, Robert Irvine resigned
    director
  35. 2002-12-31
    ➖
    CLUNESS, Alexander Jamieson resigned
    director
  36. 2002-12-31
    ➖
    ISBISTER, Brian Neil resigned
    director
  37. 2002-12-31
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    TAIT, William resigned
    director
  38. 2001-11-12
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    BLACK, Robert Irvine appointed
    director
  39. 2001-11-12
    ➕
    ISBISTER, Brian Neil appointed
    director
  40. 2001-11-12
    ➕
    TAIT, William appointed
    director
  41. 2001-02-02
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    WILLIAMSON, Laurence Arthur resigned
    director
  42. 2001-01-12
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    CLUNESS, Alexander Jamieson appointed
    director
  43. 1999-11-18
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    Charge satisfied #28
  44. 1999-11-18
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    Charge satisfied #24
  45. 1999-11-18
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    Charge satisfied #8
  46. 1999-11-18
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    Charge satisfied #7
  47. 1998-10-30
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    WILLIAMSON, Robert Edwin Scott resigned
    director
  48. 1998-04-22
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    Charge satisfied #15
  49. 1998-03-27
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    Charge satisfied #23
  50. 1998-03-25
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    Charge satisfied #5
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Owner dependency

81/100
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
  • +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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 51 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Robert Andrew Carter
Individual · British · DOB 02/1952 · age 74
75–100%
—75-100% shares05/01/2017

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1975-08-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC10200 — SIC 10200

Registered office

2 Atlantic Square
31 York Street
Glasgow
G2 8AS
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-22
Last: 2026-03-08

Officers (3 active · 12 resigned)

CARTER, Cheryl→
secretary · appointed 2003-04-30
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Active
CARTER, Cheryl Ann→
director · ~66y · appointed 2017-03-17
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Active
CARTER, Robert Andrew→
director · ~74y
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Active
FLYNN, John Patrick→
secretary · appointed 1991-06-17 · resigned 2003-04-30
Resigned
THOMSON, Annie Laureen Christine Barclay→
secretary · resigned 1991-06-17
Resigned
BLACK, Robert Irvine→
director · ~94y · appointed 2001-11-12 · resigned 2002-12-31
Resigned
CLUNESS, Alexander Jamieson→
director · ~85y · appointed 2001-01-12 · resigned 2002-12-31
Resigned
EUNSON, Cecil Burgess→
director · ~98y · appointed 1994-06-02 · resigned 1998-03-23
Resigned
FLYNN, John Patrick→
director · ~79y · appointed 1998-01-01 · resigned 2012-06-29
Resigned
HAWKINS, Iris Jean→
director · ~80y · appointed 1994-06-02 · resigned 1995-09-26
Resigned
ISBISTER, Brian Neil→
director · ~61y · appointed 2001-11-12 · resigned 2002-12-31
Resigned
TAIT, William→
director · ~98y · appointed 2001-11-12 · resigned 2002-12-31
Resigned
THOMSON, David Graham→
director · resigned 1989-04-30
Resigned
WILLIAMSON, Laurence Arthur→
director · ~83y · resigned 2001-02-02
Resigned
WILLIAMSON, Robert Edwin Scott→
director · ~85y · resigned 1998-10-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

24
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:24 of 24 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited
Floating charge1 property29/10/2009—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property08/04/2005—
satisfied
Shetland Leasing and Property Developments
Shetland Leasing and Property Developments Limited
Bond & floating charge1 property15/01/199813/04/2006
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property01/02/199406/04/2006
satisfied
Shetland Islands Council as Trustee
Floating charge1 property26/08/199116/05/2006
satisfied
Lombard North Central
Lombard North Central PLC
Deed of legal charge1 property08/05/199106/04/2006
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Legal charge1 property08/05/199106/04/2006
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property09/07/199018/11/1999
satisfied
The Highlands & Islands Development Board
Standard security1 property28/08/198918/11/1999
satisfied
Lombard North Central
Lombard North Central PLC
Standard security1 property28/08/198927/03/1998
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Legal charge1 property27/02/198906/04/2006
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property14/02/198920/01/1998
satisfied
Shetland Islands Council as Trustee
Bond & floating charge1 property25/08/198716/05/2006
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property03/04/198722/04/1998
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Letter of agreement1 property02/11/198420/04/1987
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Mortgage2 properties17/09/198406/04/2006
satisfied
Highlands and Islands Development Board
Standard security1 property10/08/198318/11/1999
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property10/08/198318/11/1999
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security2 properties10/08/198316/06/1987
satisfied
The Highlands and Islands Development Board
Instrument of charge1 property01/08/198325/03/1998
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Charge1 property09/07/198226/09/1986
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property03/10/198110/02/1998
satisfied
H I D B
Supplementary agreement1 property24/09/198106/04/2006
satisfied
Highlands and Islands Development Board
Standard security1 property19/06/197925/02/1998
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Recent filings (179 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2025-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-08
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-05-29
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2021-09-29