SHAULORA FISHING COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC165386 · ltd · incorporated 1996-05-03
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 29.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2024
Net worth
£440.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 03110
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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

5 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 29.8y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 29.8 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 (81/100)

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
5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)
90
Directors & officers
14 officers (5 active, 14 linked, 8 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
109 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
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 £439,961
Net assets shrinking
Down £11,713 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£440k
↓ 2.6% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
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£0£90k£181k£271k£361k£452kJun 2023Jun 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-06-302023-06-30
Total assets£954.6k£1.04M
Debtors£197.6k£202.2k
Net assets£440.0k£451.7k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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 (46 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-26
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  2. 2024-06-27
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  3. 2023-06-26
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  4. 2022-06-30
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  5. 2021-06-30
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  6. 2020-06-30
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  7. 2019-03-30
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  8. 2018-03-30
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  9. 2017-03-31
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  10. 2016-08-08
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  11. 2016-05-03
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  12. 2016-04-05
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  13. 2016-04-01
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  14. 2015-05-05
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  15. 2015-03-26
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  16. 2014-05-06
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2010-10-01
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    SMART, Brenda appointed
    secretary
  18. 2010-10-01
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    MUTCH, Kathleen Grace resigned
    secretary
  19. 2010-04-12
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 2009-05-01
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    MUTCH, Kathleen Grace appointed
    secretary
  21. 2009-05-01
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    MACRAE STEPHEN & CO resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2003-04-21
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    PYPER, Jackson Bell resigned
    secretary
  23. 2003-01-17
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    MACRAE STEPHEN & CO appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2002-10-24
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    Charge satisfied #4
  25. 2001-10-29
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  26. 2001-03-07
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  27. 2001-01-08
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    BUCHAN, Nichola appointed
    director
  28. 2001-01-08
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    SMART, Brenda appointed
    director
  29. 1999-06-30
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    STRACHAN, Alexander resigned
    director
  30. 1996-11-07
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  31. 1996-07-04
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  32. 1996-07-03
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    BUCHAN, Graeme Wilson appointed
    director
  33. 1996-07-03
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    SMART, Graeme appointed
    director
  34. 1996-07-03
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    HARVEY, Brian resigned
    director
  35. 1996-07-03
    ➖
    WATT, George resigned
    director
  36. 1996-05-29
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    PYPER, Jackson Bell appointed
    secretary
  37. 1996-05-29
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    D.W. COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  38. 1996-05-29
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    COUTTS, Maureen Sheila resigned
    nominee-director
  39. 1996-05-29
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    HARDIE, David resigned
    nominee-director
  40. 1996-05-29
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    HARVEY, Brian appointed
    director
  41. 1996-05-29
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    STRACHAN, Alexander appointed
    director
  42. 1996-05-29
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    WATT, George appointed
    director
  43. 1996-05-03
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    Company incorporated
    As SHAULORA FISHING COMPANY LIMITED
  44. 1996-05-03
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    D.W. COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  45. 1996-05-03
    ➕
    COUTTS, Maureen Sheila appointed
    nominee-director
  46. 1996-05-03
    ➕
    HARDIE, David appointed
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Graeme Smart
Individual · British · DOB 03/1968 · age 58
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mr Graeme Wilson Buchan
Individual · British · DOB 12/1972 · age 54
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1996-05-03
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC03110 — SIC 03110

Registered office

Bath House
Bath Street
Peterhead
Aberdeenshire
AB42 1DX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-17
Last: 2025-05-03

Officers (5 active · 9 resigned)

SMART, Brenda→
secretary · appointed 2010-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUCHAN, Graeme Wilson→
director · ~54y · appointed 1996-07-03
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Active
BUCHAN, Nichola→
director · ~54y · appointed 2001-01-08
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Active
SMART, Brenda→
director · ~57y · appointed 2001-01-08
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Active
SMART, Graeme→
director · ~58y · appointed 1996-07-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MUTCH, Kathleen Grace→
secretary · appointed 2009-05-01 · resigned 2010-10-01
Resigned
PYPER, Jackson Bell→
secretary · appointed 1996-05-29 · resigned 2003-04-21
Resigned
D.W. COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-05-03 · resigned 1996-05-29
Resigned
MACRAE STEPHEN & CO→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2003-01-17 · resigned 2009-05-01
Resigned
COUTTS, Maureen Sheila→
nominee-director · appointed 1996-05-03 · resigned 1996-05-29
Resigned
HARDIE, David→
nominee-director · ~72y · appointed 1996-05-03 · resigned 1996-05-29
Resigned
HARVEY, Brian→
director · ~64y · appointed 1996-05-29 · resigned 1996-07-03
Resigned
STRACHAN, Alexander→
director · ~79y · appointed 1996-05-29 · resigned 1999-06-30
Resigned
WATT, George→
director · ~90y · appointed 1996-05-29 · resigned 1996-07-03
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

5
Total charges
4
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Mortgage1 property12/04/2010—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Mandate1 property29/10/200124/10/2002
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Ship mortgage1 property07/03/2001—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Mortgage1 property07/11/1996—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property04/07/1996—
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Recent filings (109 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-06-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-23
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accounts · AA
2024-06-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-15
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accounts · AA
2023-06-26
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2023-05-16
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accounts · AA
2022-06-30
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2022-05-10
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2021-06-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-25
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accounts · AA
2020-06-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-04
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-05-17
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accounts · AA
2019-03-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-06-12