LOCHLEVEN SEAFOOD CENTRE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC282645 · ltd · incorporated 2005-04-04

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£307.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Licenced restaurants

Sector: Accommodation & food service

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

82990Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

52 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £307,307

Cash YoY

+33%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£265k

↑ 33% YoY

Net Worth

£307k

↑ 20% YoY

Current Assets

£274k

↑ 33% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£312.2k	£262.8k
Current assets	£274.1k	£206.6k
Cash	£265.4k	£199.8k
Net assets	£307.3k	£256.6k

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

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2011-05-01
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MORAN, Barry Edward resigned
director
2007-03-15
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MORAN, Barry Edward appointed
director
2005-04-04
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Company incorporated
As LOCHLEVEN SEAFOOD CENTRE LIMITED
2005-04-04
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GRIEVE, Alison appointed
secretary
2005-04-04
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GRIEVE, Alison appointed
director
2005-04-04
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GRIEVE, John appointed
director
2005-04-04
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-04-04
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
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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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — 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 82 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 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Miss Alison Grieve Individual · British · DOB 09/1971 · age 55	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mr John Grieve Individual · British · DOB 03/1944 · age 82	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2005-04-04

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

C/O Lochleven Shellfish(Scotland

Lochleven, Onich

Fort William

PH33 6SA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-18

Last: 2026-04-04

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

GRIEVE, Alison→

secretary · appointed 2005-04-04

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Active

GRIEVE, Alison→

director · ~55y · appointed 2005-04-04

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Active

GRIEVE, John→

director · ~82y · appointed 2005-04-04

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Active

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-04-04 · resigned 2005-04-04

Resigned

MORAN, Barry Edward→

director · ~52y · appointed 2007-03-15 · resigned 2011-05-01

Resigned

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