ALISON KAY FISHING COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC202023 · ltd · incorporated 1999-12-01

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 Sept 2024

Net worth

£1.04M

book net assets

Opportunity

69/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 03110

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 69/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Asset purchase likely safer than share purchase given structural signals. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 8 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (38/100).

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Refinance opportunity

13 live charges · 8 lenders · oldest 25.7y

25/100

too messy

Structure is too messy for a clean refinance right now — clean up first or expect bespoke terms.

· Oldest live charge is 25.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 8 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 63/100 (high).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (74/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

13 charges (13/13 with lender, 13/13 with type)

Directors & officers

19 officers (5 active, 19 linked, 13 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

9 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

160 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

69/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

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 £1,040,399

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£1.0m

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-09-30
Total assets	£2.38M
Debtors	£93.1k
Net assets	£1.04M

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 accounts

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (77 events)Click to expand

2026-04-22
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accounts · AA
2025-06-11
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officers · AP03
2025-06-11
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officers · TM02
2025-06-01
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SCOLLAY, John Magnus appointed
secretary
2025-05-30
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HENDERSON, Hazel Jane resigned
secretary
2025-04-11
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-04-10
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officers · AP01
2025-04-10
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officers · AP01
2025-04-10
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officers · AP01
2025-04-10
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-04-10
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officers · TM01
2025-04-10
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officers · TM01
2025-04-10
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officers · TM01
2025-04-10
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officers · TM01
2025-04-04
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CROSSAN, Andrew appointed
director
2025-04-04
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SPENCE, Brian appointed
director
2025-04-04
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SPENCE, Charles Gary appointed
director
2025-04-04
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ANDERSON, James Andrew resigned
director
2025-04-04
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ANDERSON, Soren Andrew resigned
director
2025-04-04
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LAURENSON, Terry John resigned
director
2025-04-04
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MOUAT, Ryan Walter resigned
director
2025-02-25
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accounts · AA
2024-06-03
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officers · AP02
2024-06-03
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officers · TM01
2024-06-03
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officers · TM01
2024-05-28
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capital · SH06
2024-05-28
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capital · SH06
2024-04-24
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capital · SH06
2024-04-24
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capital · SH06
2024-04-24
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capital · SH03
2024-04-24
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capital · SH03
2024-03-07
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L.H.D. LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2024-03-07
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JOHNSON, Walter resigned
director
2024-03-07
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PEARSON, Stuart resigned
director
2020-10-28
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ANDERSON, Soren Andrew appointed
director
2020-10-28
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MOUAT, Ryan Walter appointed
director
2020-10-28
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SIMPSON, John William resigned
director
2020-07-13
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MAIR, John resigned
director
2020-05-29
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RITCH, James Kevin resigned
director
2016-11-14
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Charge registered #13
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2016-10-25
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Charge satisfied #5
2016-10-20
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Charge satisfied #9
2016-10-20
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Charge satisfied #10
2016-10-20
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Charge satisfied #6
2016-10-20
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Charge satisfied #3
2016-10-20
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Charge satisfied #2
2016-04-02
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Charge satisfied #8
2016-04-02
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Charge satisfied #7
2011-10-31
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Charge registered #12
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2011-01-07
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MILLER, Eoin James resigned
director

Showing most recent 50 of 77 events

Owner dependency

63/100

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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "LIMITED" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100

Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

Red flags

1 med · 1 low

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.

5 live charges

low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Group structure

L.H.D. Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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L.H.D. Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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ALISON KAY FISHING COMPANY LIMITED

This company · SC202023

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
L.H.D. Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	04/04/2025

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr James Andrew Andersonceased 04/04/2025· 50-75% shares

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

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Similar companies

Active · Agriculture · ZE postcode area

Company	Est. value	Turnover	Net worth	Staff	Age	Opp	Director
AMA FISHING LTD→ SC419998 · est 2012 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	14y	—	—
BLUE REBEL LTD→ SC444857 · est 2013 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	13y	—	—
FJA FISHING COMPANY LTD→ SC628362 · est 2019 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	6y	—	—
HUNTER SHELLFISH LTD.→ SC275758 · est 2004 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	21y	—	—
IF & CA NICOLSON LIMITED→ SC169516 · est 1996 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	29y	—	—
J & A SINCLAIR LTD.→ SC287687 · est 2005 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	20y	—	—
J JOHNSON FISHING LTD→ SC468946 · est 2014 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	12y	—	—
JAMIESON FISHING CO LTD→ SC408658 · est 2011 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	14y	—	—
JFA FISHING LTD→ SC599836 · est 2018 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	7y	—	—
JG MARINE LTD→ SC699269 · est 2021 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	4y	—	—
JLJ MARINE LTD→ SC689700 · est 2021 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	5y	—	—
JRR FISHING LTD→ SC434103 · est 2012 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	13y	—	—

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1999-12-01

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC03110 — SIC 03110

Registered office

Mair's Quay

Holmsgarth

Lerwick

Shetland

ZE1 0PW

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-24

Last: 2026-04-10