FJORD SEAFOOD SCOTLAND FARMING LTD.
⚰️Wound downdissolved
SC080984 · ltd · incorporated 1982-11-23
Investment thesis
Company dissolved — not a live target.
Why interesting: Historical record only; useful for precedent research.
Why risky: Not transactable.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
not disclosed
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
60/100
Worth a look
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 03210
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed unclear — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 60/100 (worth a look), bankability 72/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 68). Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 7 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
8 live charges · 7 lenders · oldest 43.1y
35/100
too messy
Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.
- · Oldest live charge is 43.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 7 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (60/100)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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
8 charges (8/8 with lender, 8/8 with type)
90
Directors & officers
33 officers (3 active, 33 linked, 20 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
198 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
60/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.
Business quality
30
Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
59
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (96 events)Click to expand
- 2021-03-30📄gazette-dissolved-voluntarygazette · GAZ2(A)
- 2021-03-30🏁Company dissolved
- 2021-01-12📄gazette-notice-voluntarygazette · GAZ1(A)
- 2021-01-06📄dissolution-application-strike-off-companydissolution · DS01
- 2020-10-28📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2020-10-20📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2019-12-23➖ANDERSON, Craig resigneddirector
- 2019-12-23📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2019-12-18📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2019-12-18📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2019-12-13➕ELIASEN, Odd appointeddirector
- 2019-12-13➕JACOBSEN, Jóhan Regin appointeddirector
- 2019-08-06📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2019-08-06🔓Charge satisfied #12
- 2019-07-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-13📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-05-13📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-04-30➖MORISONS SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2019-04-30📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-04-30📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2018-04-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-06-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-05-09📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-06-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-06-02📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2014-06-13➕COX, Susan Margaret appointeddirector
- 2014-06-13➖WHITE, Clare Anne resigneddirector
- 2013-09-03➕ANDERSON, Craig appointeddirector
- 2013-09-03➖WILSON, Robert resigneddirector
- 2010-12-10➖MARSHALL, Ian Paul resigneddirector
- 2010-12-10➕WHITE, Clare Anne appointeddirector
- 2010-07-12➖WILSON, Robert resignedsecretary
- 2010-07-12➕MORISONS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2010-04-26➕MARSHALL, Ian Paul appointeddirector
- 2010-04-26➖MULLINS, James Joseph resigneddirector
- 2010-03-03➕MULLINS, James Joseph appointeddirector
- 2010-03-03➖ODDSEN, Oddgeir resigneddirector
- 2009-08-28➕WILSON, Robert appointedsecretary
- 2009-08-04➕WILSON, Robert appointeddirector
- 2009-06-23➖MACDONALD, Yvonne Frances resignedsecretary
- 2009-06-23➖MACDONALD, Yvonne Frances resigneddirector
- 2007-11-26🔒Charge registered #12Lender: Dnb Nor Bank Asa
- 2007-09-12➖MACDONALD, Iain Murdo resignedsecretary
- 2007-09-12➕MACDONALD, Yvonne Frances appointedsecretary
- 2007-09-12➖ANDERSON, Alan Thomas resigneddirector
- 2007-09-12➕MACDONALD, Yvonne Frances appointeddirector
- 2007-09-12➕ODDSEN, Oddgeir appointeddirector
- 2007-01-04🔓Charge satisfied #11
- 2003-11-30➖CURRIE, Alison resignedsecretary
Showing most recent 50 of 96 events
Owner dependency
65/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
65/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 43 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
1 high · 1 med ·Company dissolved
highCompany has been dissolved — it no longer legally exists. Any diligence here is historical only.
Evidence: Dissolved on 2021-03-30
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Group structure
The Scottish Salmon Company Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
The Scottish Salmon Company Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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FJORD SEAFOOD SCOTLAND FARMING LTD.
This company · SC080984
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
The Scottish Salmon Company Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRAIGENGILLAN ESTATES (NO 1) COMPANY LIMITED→ SC124520 · est 1990 | £3.87M £2.98M–£4.77M | — | — | 0 | 36y | 83 | 63y |
| APF INTERNATIONAL FOREST MACHINERY EXHIBITION LTD.→ SC228249 · est 2002 | £278.2k £214.0k–£342.4k | — | — | 500 | 24y | 95 | 79y |
| ALDERSTON DAIRIES LIMITED→ SC241138 · est 2002 | — | — | £114.4k | — | 23y | 83 | 74y |
| CAITHNESS POTATO BREEDERS LIMITED→ SC082730 · est 1983 | — | — | £1.36M | — | 43y | 83 | 68y |
| CARCANT ESTATES LIMITED→ SC030457 · est 1954 | — | — | £269.0k | — | 71y | 83 | 69y |
| DENHOLM POTATO GROWERS LIMITED→ SC089295 · est 1984 | — | — | £453.8k | — | 41y | 83 | 61y |
| DODS OF HADDINGTON LIMITED→ SC056452 · est 1974 | — | — | £2.26M | — | 51y | 83 | 72y |
| DOUGLAS ORR & COMPANY LIMITED→ SC185757 · est 1998 | — | — | — | 1 | 27y | 83 | 70y |
| E.C. TIMBER LIMITED→ SC170450 · est 1996 | — | — | — | — | 29y | 83 | 99y |
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Statusdissolved
Typeltd
Incorporated1982-11-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC03210 — SIC 03210
Registered office
8 Melville Crescent
Edinburgh
EH3 7JA
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: —
Last made up to: 2018-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: —
Last: —
Officers (0 active · 30 resigned)
COX, Susan Margaret→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2014-06-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ELIASEN, Odd→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2019-12-13
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JACOBSEN, Jóhan Regin→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2019-12-13
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BAYLY, Helen Mckinnon Beaumont→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1990-04-29
CAURA, Bart→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1995-06-30 · resigned 2001-04-01
CURRIE, Alison→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2001-04-01 · resigned 2003-11-30
MACDONALD, Iain Murdo→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2003-11-30 · resigned 2007-09-12
MACDONALD, Yvonne Frances→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2007-09-12 · resigned 2009-06-23
VANHOOREN, Luc Andre→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1992-01-17 · resigned 1995-06-30
WILSON, Robert→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2009-08-28 · resigned 2010-07-12
MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1991-01-15 · resigned 1992-01-17
MACROBERTS (SOLICITORS)→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · resigned 1991-01-15
MORISONS SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2010-07-12 · resigned 2019-04-30
ANDERSON, Alan Thomas→
Resigneddirector · ~74y · appointed 2001-04-01 · resigned 2007-09-12
ANDERSON, Craig→
Resigneddirector · ~64y · appointed 2013-09-03 · resigned 2019-12-23
BAYLY, Christopher Charles Edward→
Resigneddirector · ~79y · resigned 1991-04-30
BAYLY, Helen Mckinnon Beaumont→
Resigneddirector · ~82y · resigned 1991-01-15
CAURA, Bart→
Resigneddirector · ~69y · appointed 1998-01-09 · resigned 2001-03-01
CURRIE, Alison→
Resigneddirector · ~70y · appointed 2001-09-13 · resigned 2003-11-30
MACDONALD, Yvonne Frances→
Resigneddirector · ~67y · appointed 2007-09-12 · resigned 2009-06-23
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Mortgages & charges
8
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:8 of 8 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Dnb Nor Bank Asa | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 26/11/2007 | 06/08/2019 | |
| satisfied | Nordea Bank Norge Asa as Security Trustee for Itself and Others | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 18/02/2003 | 04/01/2007 | |
| satisfied | Christiania Bank Og Kreditkasse Asa | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 17/10/2001 | 03/03/2003 | |
| satisfied | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company | Floating charge | 1 property | 19/02/1996 | 16/10/2000 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Tsb Bank Scotland PLC | Floating charge | 1 property | 22/04/1992 | 30/05/1995 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 12/01/1990 | 22/09/1992 | |
| satisfied | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company | Floating charge | 1 property | 10/04/1985 | 29/01/1991 | |
| satisfied | Highland and Islands Development Board | Floating charge | 1 property | 22/03/1983 | 25/08/1999 |
Recent filings (198 total)
gazette-dissolved-voluntary
gazette · GAZ2(A)
2021-03-30
gazette-notice-voluntary
gazette · GAZ1(A)
2021-01-12
dissolution-application-strike-off-company
dissolution · DS01
2021-01-06
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2020-10-28
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2020-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-12-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-12-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-12-18
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2019-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-07-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-05-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-05-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-05-13