EYEMOUTH FREEZERS LIMITED

📈Growthactive

SC198644 · ltd · incorporated 1999-08-04

Investment thesis

Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.

Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.

Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 10390

Sector: Manufacturing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

56290Other food services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 85). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (77/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 26.5y

45/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 26.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 40/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
· Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 2 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

21 officers (8 active, 21 linked, 17 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

132 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

80/100Exceptional

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 · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £702,931

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	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Profit before tax	£702.9k	£391.8k
Average employees	40	4000

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (58 events)Click to expand

2026-02-11
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accounts · AA
2025-01-21
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accounts · AA
2025-01-15
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officers · AP03
2025-01-15
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officers · TM02
2024-12-11
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MACAULAY, Moira Catherine appointed
secretary
2024-12-11
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BRADY, Hubert Leo resigned
secretary
2024-04-11
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capital · SH03
2024-04-05
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capital · SH03
2023-12-12
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accounts · AA
2023-01-19
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accounts · AA
2022-04-11
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officers · CH01
2022-03-16
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capital · SH06
2022-03-16
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capital · SH03
2022-02-24
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accounts · AA
2021-06-03
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accounts · AA
2021-04-28
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officers · CH01
2021-04-28
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officers · CH01
2019-11-19
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accounts · AA
2018-11-27
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accounts · AA
2016-12-14
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STRAKER-SMITH, Willa appointed
director
2016-12-14
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JOHNSON, Martin Stephen resigned
director
2014-09-01
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MORGAN, Anna Mary appointed
director
2014-08-31
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ROGERS-COLTMAN, Wyndham Julian resigned
director
2013-07-01
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BRADY, Hubert Leo appointed
director
2012-08-15
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BRADY, Hubert Leo appointed
secretary
2012-06-29
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JEFFERIES, Allan Davison resigned
secretary
2012-06-29
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JEFFERIES, Allan Davison resigned
director
2011-12-14
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RUSSELL, Douglas appointed
director
2011-12-14
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SMITH, Rodney James appointed
director
2010-11-22
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RUSSELL, Charles resigned
director
2008-05-16
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ROGERS-COLTMAN, Wyndham Julian appointed
director
2008-04-16
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SALVESEN, Jeremy John Russell resigned
director
2008-03-17
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SMITH, Rodney James resigned
director
2007-12-12
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JOHNSON, Martin Stephen appointed
director
2007-02-10
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Charge satisfied #3
2003-11-28
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Charge satisfied #2
2002-12-11
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JUNOR, William Taylor resigned
director
2002-12-11
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SALVESEN, Jeremy John Russell appointed
director
2002-12-11
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SALVESEN, Michael Iver Christian resigned
director
2002-06-17
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2002-01-01
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SMITH, Rodney James appointed
director
2001-05-16
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JEFFERIES, Allan Davison appointed
director
2000-08-01
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Scottish Enterprise Borders
2000-08-01
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Scottish Enterprise
2000-01-12
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1999-10-12
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SLOAN, Robert appointed
director
1999-10-12
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STRAKER-SMITH, Peter Dalrymple appointed
director
1999-10-12
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JEFFERIES, Allan Davison appointed
secretary
1999-10-12
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D.W. COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
1999-10-12
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CRAWFORD, Douglas James resigned
director

Showing most recent 50 of 58 events

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

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 85 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Peter Dalrymple Straker-Smith Individual · British · DOB 04/1951 · age 75	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% 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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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

Incorporated1999-08-04

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC10390 — SIC 10390

Registered office

Toll Bridge Road

Eyemouth

Berwickshire

TD14 5GN

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-18

Last: 2025-08-04