SEAFOOD TRADERS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC223363 · ltd · incorporated 2001-09-19
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 24.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of meat and meat products
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47230SIC 47230
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 24.5y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 24.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
18 officers (5 active, 18 linked, 11 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
110 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees90007300

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

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Corporate timeline (52 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-29
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  2. 2024-09-25
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  4. 2024-04-16
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  5. 2024-04-12
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    SCATTERTY, Anthony John Alexander appointed
    director
  6. 2024-04-12
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    SCATTERTY, Elizabeth Aitken appointed
    director
  7. 2023-09-26
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  8. 2023-03-10
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  9. 2023-03-07
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    CRICHTON, Donald James Shanks resigned
    director
  10. 2022-09-21
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  11. 2022-03-10
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  12. 2021-09-29
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  13. 2020-09-17
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  14. 2020-02-03
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  15. 2020-02-03
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  16. 2020-02-03
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  17. 2020-02-03
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  18. 2020-02-03
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  19. 2020-02-03
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  20. 2020-01-31
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    CRICHTON, Donald James Shanks appointed
    director
  21. 2020-01-31
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    SCATTERTY, Anthony John Alexander resigned
    director
  22. 2020-01-31
    ➖
    SCATTERTY, Lyndsay Elizabeth resigned
    director
  23. 2020-01-31
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    SCATTERY, Elizabeth Aitken resigned
    director
  24. 2019-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
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  25. 2019-08-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  26. 2019-08-01
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    RAEBURN CHRISTIE CLARK & WALLACE LLP appointed
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2019-07-31
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    RAEBURN CHRISTIE CLARK & WALLACE resigned
    corporate-secretary
  28. 2016-06-01
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    D.W. COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  29. 2016-06-01
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    RAEBURN CHRISTIE CLARK & WALLACE appointed
    corporate-secretary
  30. 2013-10-07
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    D.W. COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  31. 2013-03-22
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    MACDOUGALL, Pamela Douglas appointed
    director
  32. 2013-03-22
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    SCATTERTY, Lyndsay Elizabeth appointed
    director
  33. 2013-03-22
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    SCATTERY, Elizabeth Aitken appointed
    director
  34. 2013-02-27
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    PAULL & WILLIAMSONS LLP resigned
    corporate-secretary
  35. 2012-12-05
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    CLARK, Michael William Gordon resigned
    director
  36. 2012-12-05
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    CLARK (JNR), Francis resigned
    director
  37. 2009-04-06
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    PAULL & WILLIAMSONS resigned
    corporate-secretary
  38. 2009-04-06
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    PAULL & WILLIAMSONS LLP appointed
    corporate-secretary
  39. 2005-01-26
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    SCATTERTY, Ryan Fergus appointed
    director
  40. 2004-08-14
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    CLARK, Francis, Dr resigned
    director
  41. 2003-03-12
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    Charge satisfied #1
  42. 2001-11-07
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  43. 2001-11-02
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    P & W SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  44. 2001-11-02
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    PAULL & WILLIAMSONS appointed
    corporate-secretary
  45. 2001-11-02
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    CLARK, Francis, Dr appointed
    director
  46. 2001-11-02
    ➕
    CLARK, Michael William Gordon appointed
    director
  47. 2001-11-02
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    CLARK (JNR), Francis appointed
    director
  48. 2001-11-02
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    SCATTERTY, Anthony John Alexander appointed
    director
  49. 2001-11-02
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    P & W DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  50. 2001-09-19
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    Company incorporated
    As SEAFOOD TRADERS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
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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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — 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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Scatterty Holdings Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Scatterty Holdings Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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SEAFOOD TRADERS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
This company · SC223363

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Scatterty Holdings Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2001-09-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46320 — Wholesale of meat and meat products

Registered office

Thistle Seafoods Limited Harbour Street
Boddam
Peterhead
AB42 3AU
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-19
Last: 2025-06-05

Officers (5 active · 13 resigned)

RAEBURN CHRISTIE CLARK & WALLACE LLP→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2019-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACDOUGALL, Pamela Douglas→
director · ~47y · appointed 2013-03-22
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Active
SCATTERTY, Anthony John Alexander→
director · ~78y · appointed 2024-04-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SCATTERTY, Elizabeth Aitken→
director · ~77y · appointed 2024-04-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SCATTERTY, Ryan Fergus→
director · ~52y · appointed 2005-01-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
D.W. COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2013-10-07 · resigned 2016-06-01
Resigned
P & W SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-09-19 · resigned 2001-11-02
Resigned
PAULL & WILLIAMSONS→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2001-11-02 · resigned 2009-04-06
Resigned
PAULL & WILLIAMSONS LLP→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-04-06 · resigned 2013-02-27
Resigned
RAEBURN CHRISTIE CLARK & WALLACE→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2016-06-01 · resigned 2019-07-31
Resigned
CLARK, Francis, Dr→
director · ~100y · appointed 2001-11-02 · resigned 2004-08-14
Resigned
CLARK, Michael William Gordon→
director · ~70y · appointed 2001-11-02 · resigned 2012-12-05
Resigned
CLARK (JNR), Francis→
director · ~74y · appointed 2001-11-02 · resigned 2012-12-05
Resigned
CRICHTON, Donald James Shanks→
director · ~75y · appointed 2020-01-31 · resigned 2023-03-07
Resigned
SCATTERTY, Anthony John Alexander→
director · ~78y · appointed 2001-11-02 · resigned 2020-01-31
Resigned
SCATTERTY, Lyndsay Elizabeth→
director · ~50y · appointed 2013-03-22 · resigned 2020-01-31
Resigned
SCATTERY, Elizabeth Aitken→
director · ~77y · appointed 2013-03-22 · resigned 2020-01-31
Resigned
P & W DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-09-19 · resigned 2001-11-02
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property07/11/200112/03/2003

Recent filings (110 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-04-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-09-17