A. LOCHHEAD FISHING COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC328174 · ltd · incorporated 2007-07-23
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 18.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£63.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 03110
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 18.0y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 18.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
47 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 £63,599

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£64k
↑ 40% YoY
Current Assets
£7k
↑ 143% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£13k£25k£38k£51k£64kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£63.6k£71.4k
Current assets£7.2k£3.0k
Net assets£63.6k£45.6k

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-07-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-07-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-11-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-06-21
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  9. 2022-06-21
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    Charge satisfied #1
  10. 2021-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-08-31
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2021-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-03-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-02-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-02-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2008-04-18
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  18. 2007-07-23
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    Company incorporated
    As A. LOCHHEAD FISHING COMPANY LIMITED
  19. 2007-07-23
    ➕
    LOCHHEAD, June Carol appointed
    secretary
  20. 2007-07-23
    ➕
    LOCHHEAD, Andrew Irvine appointed
    director
  21. 2007-07-23
    ➕
    LOCHHEAD, June Carol appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "LOCHHEAD" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Irvine Lochhead
Individual · British · DOB 08/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control30/06/2016
Mrs June Carol Lochhead
Individual · British · DOB 08/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/06/2016

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
Incorporated2007-07-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC03110 — SIC 03110

Registered office

Low Cairndoon Farm
Whithorn
Newton Stewart
DG8 8NF
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-11
Last: 2025-07-28

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

LOCHHEAD, June Carol→
secretary · appointed 2007-07-23
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Active
LOCHHEAD, Andrew Irvine→
director · ~62y · appointed 2007-07-23
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Active
LOCHHEAD, June Carol→
director · ~67y · appointed 2007-07-23
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property18/04/200821/06/2022

Recent filings (47 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-29
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-28