CRIBBA SOUND LTD.
🌳Matureactive
SC291896 · ltd · incorporated 2005-10-19
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£95.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 03210
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -58% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 20.3y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 20.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.
Data confidence
Overall: high (88/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed
95
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
68 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
75
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 · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £95,500
Net assets shrinking
Down £17,510 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 58% YoY
Cash YoY
-58%
Year on year
Key financials
3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£64k
↓ 58% YoY
Net Worth
£96k
↓ 15% YoY
Current Assets
£216k
↓ 25% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-07-31 | 2024-07-31 | 2023-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £124.0k | £136.0k | £183.7k |
| Current assets | £215.8k | £288.3k | £119.1k |
| Cash | £64.5k | £155.2k | £22.7k |
| Debtors | £119.3k | £11.7k | £1.7k |
| Net assets | £95.5k | £113.0k | £167.1k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2026-02-11📄replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-nameofficers · RP01AP01
- 2025-03-07➕LAURENSON, Lindsay appointeddirector
- 2025-03-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-07📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-12-20📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-12-20📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2024-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-27📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-10-25📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2022-10-24📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-08-08📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-08-04📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-08-04📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-08-04📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2022-08-04📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-08-03➕LAURENSON, John Michael appointeddirector
- 2022-08-03➖ANGUS, Chevonne Hazel, Dr resignedsecretary
- 2022-08-03➖ANGUS, Chevonne Hazel, Dr resigneddirector
- 2022-08-03➖ANGUS, Lindsay James resigneddirector
- 2021-09-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-14📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2021-09-14🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2020-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2014-03-28➕ANGUS, Chevonne Hazel, Dr appointeddirector
- 2006-01-23🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
- 2005-10-19🏢Company incorporatedAs CRIBBA SOUND LTD.
- 2005-10-19➕ANGUS, Chevonne Hazel, Dr appointedsecretary
- 2005-10-19➕BRIAN REID LTD. appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2005-10-19➖BRIAN REID LTD. resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2005-10-19➕ANGUS, Lindsay James appointeddirector
- 2005-10-19➕STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2005-10-19➖STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
74/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Blueshell Mussels Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Blueshell Mussels Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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CRIBBA SOUND LTD.
This company · SC291896
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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Blueshell Mussels Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 05/08/2022 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Lindsay James Angusceased 05/08/2022· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Active · Agriculture · ZE postcode area| Company | Est. value | Turnover | Net worth | Staff | Age | Opp | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RESEARCH FISHING CO. LIMITED→ SC103453 · est 1987 | £15.65M £12.04M–£19.26M | — | — | 0 | 39y | 81 | 87y |
| CHARISMA HOLDING COMPANY LIMITED→ SC207704 · est 2000 | £14.85M £11.42M–£18.28M | — | — | 0 | 25y | 80 | 75y |
| GRONIDAAL ORGANIC SMOLTS LTD.→ SC307638 · est 2006 | — | — | £396.2k | — | 19y | 83 | 82y |
| UNST SHELLFISH LTD.→ SC326121 · est 2007 | — | — | £180.6k | — | 18y | 83 | 61y |
| C & A THOMASON LTD.→ SC197920 · est 1999 | — | — | £217.5k | — | 26y | 82 | 88y |
| GUIDING LIGHT FISHING COMPANY LIMITED→ SC339799 · est 2008 | — | — | — | 2 | 18y | 82 | 58y |
| SHETLAND MARINE LIMITED→ SC398706 · est 2011 | — | — | — | 3 | 15y | 82 | 70y |
| SHETLAND SEAFOOD AUCTIONS LIMITED→ SC190378 · est 1998 | — | — | £408.2k | — | 27y | 82 | 62y |
| TINGWALL LIVESTOCK LIMITED→ SC285843 · est 2005 | — | — | £247.4k | — | 20y | 82 | 75y |
| ANDERSON BROS (VOE) LTD.→ SC246814 · est 2003 | — | — | £220.2k | — | 23y | 80 | 64y |
| BLUESHELL MUSSELS LIMITED→ SC254395 · est 2003 | — | — | £16.08M | — | 22y | 80 | 58y |
| COLLAFIRTH SEAFARMS LIMITED→ SC335991 · est 2008 | — | — | — | — | 18y | 80 | 70y |
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-10-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC03210 — SIC 03210
Registered office
Blueshell Mussels Ltd Farm Office
Sparl
Brae
Shetland
ZE2 9QJ
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-02
Last: 2025-10-19
Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)
LAURENSON, John Michael→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2022-08-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LAURENSON, Lindsay→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2025-03-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ANGUS, Chevonne Hazel, Dr→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2005-10-19 · resigned 2022-08-03
BRIAN REID LTD.→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-10-19 · resigned 2005-10-19
ANGUS, Chevonne Hazel, Dr→
Resigneddirector · ~51y · appointed 2014-03-28 · resigned 2022-08-03
ANGUS, Lindsay James→
Resigneddirector · ~57y · appointed 2005-10-19 · resigned 2022-08-03
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-10-19 · resigned 2005-10-19
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 23/01/2006 | 14/09/2021 |
Recent filings (68 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-28
replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP01AP01
2026-02-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-07
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-03-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-12-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-10
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2022-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-26
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-10-25
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-10-24