J S FISH LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC239515 · ltd · incorporated 2002-11-13
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 Aug 2024
Net worth
£-1.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
64 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £1,032
Net assets shrinking
Down £1,373 YoY
Cash YoY
+23%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£56k
↑ 23% YoY
Net Worth
-£1k
↓ 403% YoY
Current Assets
£72k
↓ 13% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£1k£16k£33k£49k£66k£83kAug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Total assets£-1.0k£341
Current assets£72.1k£83.0k
Cash£55.9k£45.5k
Debtors£16.2k£37.5k
Net assets£-1.0k£341

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-03-04
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  2. 2024-06-26
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  3. 2024-05-20
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    address · AD01
  4. 2023-04-12
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-03-02
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  6. 2021-05-28
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  7. 2020-04-06
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  8. 2019-05-01
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-05-30
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-03-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-03-29
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2015-12-09
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    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2015-05-20
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2014-11-20
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2014-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2003-02-10
    ➕
    STEPHEN, Linda Anne appointed
    secretary
  17. 2003-02-10
    ➕
    STEPHEN, James Irvine appointed
    director
  18. 2003-02-10
    ➕
    STEPHEN, Linda Anne appointed
    director
  19. 2003-02-10
    ➖
    JAMES AND GEORGE COLLIE resigned
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2003-02-10
    ➖
    BONSQUARE NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  21. 2002-11-13
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    Company incorporated
    As J S FISH LIMITED
  22. 2002-11-13
    ➕
    JAMES AND GEORGE COLLIE appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2002-11-13
    ➕
    BONSQUARE NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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
Mrs Linda Anne Stephen
Individual · United Kingdom · DOB 10/1952 · age 74
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr James Irvine Stephen
Individual · United Kingdom · DOB 09/1951 · age 75
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-11-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46380 — Wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs

Registered office

4 Russell Road
Aberdeen
AB11 5RB
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-27
Last: 2025-11-13

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

STEPHEN, Linda Anne→
secretary · appointed 2003-02-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STEPHEN, James Irvine→
director · ~75y · appointed 2003-02-10
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Active
STEPHEN, Linda Anne→
director · ~74y · appointed 2003-02-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JAMES AND GEORGE COLLIE→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2002-11-13 · resigned 2003-02-10
Resigned
BONSQUARE NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-11-13 · resigned 2003-02-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (64 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-04-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-03-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-04-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-05-01