SHETLAND SHELLFISH MANAGEMENT ORGANISATION

🌳Matureactive

SC191506 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 1998-11-27

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

62 officers (11 active, 62 linked, 55 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

177 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

75/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	1	0

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

filing

• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filings

• 5 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 5 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (135 events)Click to expand

2026-05-26
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officers · TM01
2026-05-20
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SANDISON, Peter Neil resigned
director
2026-04-14
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officers · AP01
2026-04-03
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SINCLAIR, Peter Calum appointed
director
2026-04-02
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officers · AP01
2026-04-02
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officers · TM01
2026-04-02
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officers · TM01
2026-03-31
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HIRBAKIS, George resigned
director
2026-03-31
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LAURENSON, Lindsay resigned
director
2025-12-11
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SMITH, Brian Andrew appointed
director
2025-10-07
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officers · TM01
2025-09-25
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accounts · AA
2025-09-19
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JOHNSON, Sydney Peter resigned
director
2025-09-09
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officers · AP01
2025-05-15
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GOODLAD, Arnold Duncan appointed
director
2025-03-25
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SHEARER, James John resigned
director
2025-03-25
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-10-10
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SANDISON, Peter Neil appointed
director
2024-10-10
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officers · AP01
2024-09-27
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officers · TM01
2024-09-06
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accounts · AA
2024-08-23
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WILLIAMSON, Robert resigned
director
2023-12-31
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officers · AP01
2023-12-18
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LAURENSON, Samuel Michael appointed
director
2023-09-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-04
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-04-18
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-04-14
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SHEARER, James John appointed
director
2023-04-14
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WILLIAMSON, George Andrew resigned
director
2022-09-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-14
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accounts · AAMD
2022-09-02
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officers · AP01
2022-09-02
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officers · AP01
2022-09-02
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officers · AP01
2022-08-26
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COOPER, Alastair Thomas James appointed
director
2022-08-26
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DALZIEL, Karl appointed
director
2022-08-26
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POTTINGER, Jerry Andrew appointed
director
2022-08-26
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LEASK, Garry resigned
director
2022-01-05
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ROBERTSON, John Robert Lindsay appointed
secretary
2021-12-21
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LAIGNEL, Carole Margaret resigned
secretary
2021-08-26
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WALTERSON, Ian Francis resigned
director
2020-12-31
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TAIT, Leslie Alexander resigned
director
2020-08-05
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GRAINS, Arthur Richard appointed
director
2020-05-15
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GRAY, Charles Richard appointed
director
2019-09-19
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POTTINGER, Alan Michael resigned
director
2019-05-20
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REID, John William appointed
director
2019-02-28
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HIRBAKIS, George appointed
director
2018-11-29
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CAMERON, Stephen resigned
director
2018-11-29
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WILLIAMSON, Sean Ward resigned
director
2018-08-16
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LAURENSON, Lindsay appointed
director

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Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-10 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

1 med ·

4 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: HIRBAKIS, George resigned 2026-03-31; JOHNSON, Sydney Peter resigned 2025-09-19; LAURENSON, Lindsay resigned 2026-03-31

🔒Co-director network graph

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated1998-11-27

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC94990 — Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Registered office

Mair's Quay

Holmsgarth

Lerwick

Shetland

ZE1 0PW

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-11

Last: 2025-11-27