ARGYLL SEAFOODS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC255313 · ltd · incorporated 2003-09-04
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 22.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£190.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10200
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 22.4y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 22.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
50
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
61 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £190,774

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£191k
Current Assets
£149k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-31
Total assets£194.6k
Current assets£149.0k
Net assets£190.8k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-15
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2025-08-28
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2025-08-22
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    ROY, Alison Glenda appointed
    director
  5. 2024-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-12-07
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  7. 2024-12-03
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  8. 2023-09-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-05-05
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    ROY, Lucy Helen resigned
    director
  10. 2023-05-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2022-08-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-09-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-07-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-04-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-09-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2017-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2006-04-18
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  19. 2003-11-18
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 2003-10-10
    ➖
    ROY, Alison Glenda resigned
    director
  21. 2003-10-10
    ➕
    ROY, Lucy Helen appointed
    director
  22. 2003-09-04
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    Company incorporated
    As ARGYLL SEAFOODS LIMITED
  23. 2003-09-04
    ➕
    ROY, Peter William appointed
    secretary
  24. 2003-09-04
    ➕
    ROY, Peter William appointed
    director
  25. 2003-09-04
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2003-09-04
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2003-09-04
    ➕
    ROY, Alison Glenda appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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 77 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 77 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.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Peter William Roy
Individual · British · DOB 12/1949 · age 77
50–75%
—50-75% shares01/08/2016

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
Incorporated2003-09-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC10200 — SIC 10200

Registered office

Ardlaverock
Strachur
Argyll
PA27 8BY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-18
Last: 2025-09-04

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

ROY, Peter William→
secretary · appointed 2003-09-04
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Active
ROY, Alison Glenda→
director · ~75y · appointed 2025-08-22
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Active
ROY, Peter William→
director · ~77y · appointed 2003-09-04
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Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-09-04 · resigned 2003-09-04
Resigned
ROY, Alison Glenda→
director · ~75y · appointed 2003-09-04 · resigned 2003-10-10
Resigned
ROY, Lucy Helen→
director · ~48y · appointed 2003-10-10 · resigned 2023-05-05
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property18/04/2006—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property18/11/2003—
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Recent filings (61 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-09-15
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-08-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-30
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-12-07
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-15
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-05-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-27