HIGHLAND SPECIALITY SEAFOODS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC324051 · ltd · incorporated 2007-05-21

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

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year to Sept 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 10200

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

55 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-09-30	2023-09-30
Average employees	0	0

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2025-06-24
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2024-06-25
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2023-06-29
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2022-06-24
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accounts · AA
2021-06-10
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accounts · AA
2020-06-26
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accounts · AA
2019-07-01
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accounts · AA
2018-06-22
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accounts · AA
2017-07-03
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accounts · AA
2016-05-31
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annual-return · AR01
2016-05-27
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accounts · AA
2015-05-28
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accounts · AA
2015-05-26
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annual-return · AR01
2014-06-17
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accounts · AA
2014-06-12
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annual-return · AR01
2013-06-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2012-08-31
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MONEY, Jackie resigned
director
2012-08-31
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MONEY, Stephen James resigned
director
2010-12-22
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MONEY, Stephen James appointed
director
2010-11-03
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OATES, Timothy Richard appointed
director
2010-11-01
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MONEY, Jackie appointed
director
2007-05-22
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2007-05-22
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FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2007-05-21
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Company incorporated
As HIGHLAND SPECIALITY SEAFOODS LIMITED
2007-05-21
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OATES, Timothy Richard appointed
secretary
2007-05-21
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PARSONS, Timothy John appointed
director
2007-05-21
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2007-05-21
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FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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.)

Group structure

Highland Smoked Salmon (Holdings) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Highland Smoked Salmon (Holdings) Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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HIGHLAND SPECIALITY SEAFOODS LIMITED

This company · SC324051

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
Highland Smoked Salmon (Holdings) Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	30/06/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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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.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2007-05-21

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC10200 — SIC 10200

Registered office

1 - 4 Blar Mhor Estate

Fort William

Inverness-Shire

PH33 7PT

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-04

Last: 2025-05-21

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

OATES, Timothy Richard→

secretary · appointed 2007-05-21

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Active

OATES, Timothy Richard→

director · ~61y · appointed 2010-11-03

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Active

PARSONS, Timothy John→

director · ~61y · appointed 2007-05-21

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Active

FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-05-21 · resigned 2007-05-22

Resigned

MONEY, Jackie→

director · ~63y · appointed 2010-11-01 · resigned 2012-08-31

Resigned

MONEY, Stephen James→

director · ~62y · appointed 2010-12-22 · resigned 2012-08-31

Resigned

FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-05-21 · resigned 2007-05-22

Resigned

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