OTTER FERRY LAND AND SEA LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC063200 · ltd · incorporated 1977-10-03
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 37.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 03210
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 37.3y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 37.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 28/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
19 officers (4 active, 19 linked, 16 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
155 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees0600

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (51 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-18
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  2. 2024-11-12
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  11. 2024-11-01
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    APELAND, Bjørn Mathias appointed
    director
  12. 2024-11-01
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    APELAND, Bjørnar appointed
    director
  13. 2024-11-01
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    BARGE, Henry Ronald resigned
    director
  14. 2024-11-01
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    BURNET, Colin Macdougal resigned
    director
  15. 2024-11-01
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    HEMPLEMAN, Christopher John resigned
    director
  16. 2024-11-01
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    MCCRONE, Iain Alastair resigned
    director
  17. 2024-11-01
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    PATTERSON, David Redden resigned
    director
  18. 2024-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  19. 2024-09-13
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  20. 2024-09-13
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    Charge satisfied #2
  21. 2023-09-29
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  22. 2022-09-23
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  23. 2021-09-17
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  24. 2021-08-06
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  26. 2021-08-06
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  27. 2020-12-22
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  28. 2018-10-17
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    HEMPLEMAN, Christopher John appointed
    director
  29. 2018-06-26
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    JOY, Nicholas Hebden resigned
    director
  30. 2017-03-01
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    JOY, Nicholas Hebden appointed
    director
  31. 2015-11-16
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    MACE, Guy Whitmore resigned
    director
  32. 2015-07-01
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    BARGE, Nigel Lamberton, Rev resigned
    director
  33. 2002-05-09
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Scotland PLC
  34. 2001-01-11
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    Charge satisfied #1
  35. 1999-07-30
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    BARGE, Elizabeth Anne resigned
    director
  36. 1999-03-19
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    MACE, Guy Whitmore appointed
    director
  37. 1999-03-19
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    PATTERSON, David Redden appointed
    director
  38. 1998-09-01
    ➕
    BURNET, Colin Macdougal appointed
    director
  39. 1997-01-16
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    BARGE, Ronald Mansfield resigned
    director
  40. 1995-09-17
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    BARGE, Nigel Lamberton, Rev appointed
    director
  41. 1995-07-17
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    COCHRANE, William Grant resigned
    director
  42. 1995-02-06
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    PATTERSON, David Redden resigned
    director
  43. 1994-12-06
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    BARGE, Alastair Kenneth appointed
    secretary
  44. 1994-11-30
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    WALKER, Hugh William resigned
    secretary
  45. 1994-11-30
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    WALKER, Hugh William resigned
    director
  46. 1994-08-03
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    GRAHAM, Arhtur Mark resigned
    secretary
  47. 1994-08-03
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    WALKER, Hugh William appointed
    secretary
  48. 1993-03-18
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    COCHRANE, William Grant appointed
    director
  49. 1990-08-27
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    WALKER, Hugh William appointed
    director
  50. 1989-01-17
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Tsb Bank Scotland PLC
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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
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

20/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — APELAND, Bjørnar (same surname) appointed 2024-11-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.

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 Bjørn Mathias Apeland
Individual · Norwegian · DOB 12/1953 · age 73
75–100%
—board control75-100% shares · board control01/11/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Alastair Kenneth Bargeceased 01/11/2024· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated1977-10-03
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC03210 — SIC 03210

Registered office

Otter Ferry,
Tighnabruaich,
Argyll
PA21 2DH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-24
Last: 2025-07-10

Officers (4 active · 15 resigned)

BARGE, Alastair Kenneth→
secretary · appointed 1994-12-06
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Active
APELAND, Bjørn Mathias→
director · ~73y · appointed 2024-11-01
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Active
APELAND, Bjørnar→
director · ~43y · appointed 2024-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BARGE, Alastair Kenneth→
director · ~69y
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRAHAM, Arhtur Mark→
secretary · resigned 1994-08-03
Resigned
WALKER, Hugh William→
secretary · appointed 1994-08-03 · resigned 1994-11-30
Resigned
BARGE, Elizabeth Anne→
director · ~97y · resigned 1999-07-30
Resigned
BARGE, Henry Ronald→
director · ~64y · resigned 2024-11-01
Resigned
BARGE, Nigel Lamberton, Rev→
director · ~71y · appointed 1995-09-17 · resigned 2015-07-01
Resigned
BARGE, Ronald Mansfield→
director · ~106y · resigned 1997-01-16
Resigned
BURNET, Colin Macdougal→
director · ~74y · appointed 1998-09-01 · resigned 2024-11-01
Resigned
COCHRANE, William Grant→
director · ~91y · appointed 1993-03-18 · resigned 1995-07-17
Resigned
HEMPLEMAN, Christopher John→
director · ~67y · appointed 2018-10-17 · resigned 2024-11-01
Resigned
JOY, Nicholas Hebden→
director · ~69y · appointed 2017-03-01 · resigned 2018-06-26
Resigned
MACE, Guy Whitmore→
director · ~76y · appointed 1999-03-19 · resigned 2015-11-16
Resigned
MCCRONE, Iain Alastair→
director · ~92y · resigned 2024-11-01
Resigned
PATTERSON, David Redden→
director · ~73y · appointed 1999-03-19 · resigned 2024-11-01
Resigned
PATTERSON, David Redden→
director · ~73y · resigned 1995-02-06
Resigned
WALKER, Hugh William→
director · ~70y · appointed 1990-08-27 · resigned 1994-11-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property09/05/200213/09/2024
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Tsb Bank Scotland PLC
Floating charge1 property17/01/198911/01/2001

Recent filings (155 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-16
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-11-12
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-11-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-11-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-11-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-11-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-11-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-11-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-11-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-09-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-29