CLERKHILL FISH BAR LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC241938 · ltd · incorporated 2003-01-08
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
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year to Jan 2026
Net worth
£11.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Take-away food shops and mobile food stands
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). 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
7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
63 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £11,254
Cash YoY
+196%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£41k
↑ 196% YoY
Net Worth
£11k
↑ 1724% YoY
Current Assets
£44k
↑ 157% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£9k£18k£26k£35k£44kJan 2025Jan 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2026-01-312025-01-31
Total assets£13.3k£3.4k
Current assets£44.1k£17.2k
Cash£41.1k£13.9k
Debtors£1.0k£1.4k
Net assets£11.3k£617

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-01-21
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  4. 2024-04-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-05-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-04-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-04-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-05-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-04-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-01-08
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2018-01-08
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2017-04-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-03-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-01-08
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2007-03-06
    ➕
    ROBERTSON, Susan appointed
    director
  17. 2003-01-08
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CLERKHILL FISH BAR LIMITED
  18. 2003-01-08
    ➕
    SANGSTER, Caroline appointed
    secretary
  19. 2003-01-08
    ➕
    SANGSTER, Alan Robertson appointed
    director
  20. 2003-01-08
    ➕
    SANGSTER, Alan Robertson appointed
    director
  21. 2003-01-08
    ➕
    SANGSTER, Caroline appointed
    director
  22. 2003-01-08
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2003-01-08
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2003-01-08
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2003-01-08
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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
Mr Alan Robertson Sangster
Individual · British · DOB 10/1969 · age 57
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Susan Robertson
Individual · British · DOB 04/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-01-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56103 — Take-away food shops and mobile food stands

Registered office

52 Clerkhill Road
Peterhead
AB42 2XE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-10-31
Last made up to: 2026-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-22
Last: 2026-01-08

Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)

SANGSTER, Caroline→
secretary · appointed 2003-01-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROBERTSON, Susan→
director · ~59y · appointed 2007-03-06
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Active
SANGSTER, Alan Robertson→
director · ~81y · appointed 2003-01-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SANGSTER, Alan Robertson→
director · ~57y · appointed 2003-01-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SANGSTER, Caroline→
director · ~80y · appointed 2003-01-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-01-08 · resigned 2003-01-08
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-01-08 · resigned 2003-01-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (63 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-21
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2025-01-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-08