DON FISHING COMPANY (FRASERBURGH) LIMITED (THE)

🌳Matureactive

SC092365 · ltd · incorporated 1985-03-22

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 39.6y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£2.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Non-trading company

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Dormant / non-trading with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 4 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

4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 39.6y

50/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 39.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — 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

Lenders & charges

4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)

Directors & officers

12 officers (3 active, 12 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

17 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

120 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒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.

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Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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 · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £2,032

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£2k

~ YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£2.0k	£2.0k
Net assets	£2.0k	£2.0k

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (39 events)Click to expand

2025-06-26
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2024-01-03
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J W FISHING VESSEL MANAGEMENT LIMITED resigned
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2023-07-07
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2022-06-29
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2021-07-23
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2020-07-24
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2016-06-20
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GOOD, Graham appointed
secretary
2016-06-20
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MCKENZIE, Lindsay resigned
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2016-01-13
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2015-06-03
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2013-01-08
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MCKENZIE, Lindsay appointed
secretary
2013-01-08
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SPROULE, Lorraine resigned
secretary
2009-10-01
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GOOD, Graham appointed
director
2004-08-18
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HISLOP, Mitchell resigned
secretary
2004-08-18
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SPROULE, Lorraine appointed
secretary
2004-07-30
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J W HOLDINGS LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2004-07-30
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GARRETT, Nicholas John resigned
director
2004-07-30
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J W FISHING VESSEL MANAGEMENT LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2004-05-19
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GARRETT, Edwin Charles resigned
director
2003-03-14
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AUCKLAND, Robert Ian resigned
secretary
2003-03-14
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HISLOP, Mitchell appointed
secretary
2000-10-04
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GARRETT, Nicholas John appointed
director
2000-09-27
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PENNY, John Raffan resigned
director
1999-01-08
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AUCKLAND, Robert Ian appointed
secretary
1999-01-08
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CROSSAN, Finlay George resigned
secretary
1988-11-06
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PENNY, John Raffan appointed
director
1986-10-08
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
1986-10-08
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
1986-10-08
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
1986-10-08
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
1985-03-22
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Company incorporated
As DON FISHING COMPANY (FRASERBURGH) LIMITED (THE)

Owner dependency

98/100

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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "LIMITED" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 41 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.)

Group structure

The Don Fishing Company Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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The Don Fishing Company Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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DON FISHING COMPANY (FRASERBURGH) LIMITED (THE)

This company · SC092365

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 Don Fishing Company Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1985-03-22

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

Blenheim House

Fountainhall Road

Aberdeen

AB15 4DT

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-14

Last: 2025-12-31

Officers (3 active · 9 resigned)

GOOD, Graham→

secretary · appointed 2016-06-20

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Active

GOOD, Graham→

director · ~77y · appointed 2009-10-01

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Active

J W HOLDINGS LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2004-07-30

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Active

AUCKLAND, Robert Ian→

secretary · appointed 1999-01-08 · resigned 2003-03-14

Resigned

CROSSAN, Finlay George→

secretary · resigned 1999-01-08

Resigned

HISLOP, Mitchell→

secretary · appointed 2003-03-14 · resigned 2004-08-18

Resigned

MCKENZIE, Lindsay→

secretary · appointed 2013-01-08 · resigned 2016-06-20

Resigned

SPROULE, Lorraine→

secretary · appointed 2004-08-18 · resigned 2013-01-08

Resigned

GARRETT, Edwin Charles→

director · ~94y · resigned 2004-05-19

Resigned

GARRETT, Nicholas John→

director · ~65y · appointed 2000-10-04 · resigned 2004-07-30

Resigned

PENNY, John Raffan→

director · ~91y · appointed 1988-11-06 · resigned 2000-09-27

Resigned

J W FISHING VESSEL MANAGEMENT LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2004-07-30 · resigned 2024-01-03

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company	Deed of covenant	1 property	08/10/1986	—
outstanding	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company	Financial agreement	1 property	08/10/1986	—
outstanding	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company	Shipping mortgage	1 property	08/10/1986	—
outstanding	The Secretary of State for Trade and Industry	Shipowners agreement	1 property	08/10/1986	—

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Recent filings (120 total)

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2024-08-14

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2024-01-11

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2024-01-08

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2023-07-07

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-01-09

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2022-06-29

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2022-01-11

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2021-07-23

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2021-01-14

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2020-07-24

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-01-09

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accounts · AA

2019-08-08