ELLON FISH SHOP LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC302132 · ltd · incorporated 2006-05-10
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 16.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£161.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 47230
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: 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

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 16.9y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 16.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
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
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
60 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 £161,050

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£161k
↑ 12% YoY
Current Assets
£50k
↓ 6.9% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£32k£64k£97k£129k£161kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£161.1k£143.8k
Current assets£50.0k£53.7k
Net assets£161.1k£143.8k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-18
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  3. 2024-01-10
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  4. 2024-01-10
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  5. 2024-01-10
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  6. 2023-08-29
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  7. 2023-08-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2023-05-01
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    TALLIS, Emma appointed
    director
  9. 2022-09-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-11-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-09-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-10-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-09-23
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-05-23
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  15. 2018-05-23
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2017-08-21
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2014-11-03
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  18. 2009-07-30
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  19. 2009-06-01
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 2006-05-10
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    Company incorporated
    As ELLON FISH SHOP LTD.
  21. 2006-05-10
    ➕
    WEST, Emma appointed
    secretary
  22. 2006-05-10
    ➕
    TALLIS, Graeme appointed
    director
  23. 2006-05-10
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2006-05-10
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2006-05-10
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2006-05-10
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

19/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — TALLIS, Emma (same surname) appointed 2023-05-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • 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 Graeme Tallis
Individual · British · DOB 01/1964 · age 62
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Emma Tallis
Individual · British · DOB 11/1980 · age 46
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
Incorporated2006-05-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47230 — SIC 47230

Registered office

Goldwells House
Grange Road
Peterhead
AB42 1WN
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-16
Last: 2026-02-02

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

WEST, Emma→
secretary · appointed 2006-05-10
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Active
TALLIS, Emma→
director · ~46y · appointed 2023-05-01
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Active
TALLIS, Graeme→
director · ~62y · appointed 2006-05-10
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Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-05-10 · resigned 2006-05-10
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-05-10 · resigned 2006-05-10
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property03/11/2014—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property30/07/2009—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Floating charge1 property01/06/2009—
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Recent filings (60 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-01-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-01-10
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-08-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-24