JACAMAR FISHING LTD

💤Zombieactive

SC336198 · ltd · incorporated 2008-01-15

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£24.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

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 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -32% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

43 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 £24,542

Net assets shrinking

Down £3,574 YoY

Cash YoY

-32%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£19k

↓ 32% YoY

Net Worth

£25k

↓ 13% YoY

Current Assets

£20k

↓ 29% 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	£24.5k	£28.1k
Current assets	£20.2k	£28.3k
Cash	£19.0k	£27.9k
Debtors	£1.2k	£465
Net assets	£24.5k	£28.1k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand

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2023-06-08
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2022-09-30
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2021-09-14
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2020-03-06
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2019-03-13
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2018-06-13
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2017-03-08
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2015-01-15
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2008-01-15
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Company incorporated
As JACAMAR FISHING LTD
2008-01-15
➕
MACLENNAN, Angela appointed
secretary
2008-01-15
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MACLENNAN, Robert John appointed
director

Owner dependency

98/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
+No director turnover: Company is 18 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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
Mr Robert John Maclennan Individual · British · DOB 06/1964 · age 62	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016
Mrs Angela Maclennan Individual · British · DOB 11/1964 · age 62	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

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D MACINNES ASSOCIATES LTD→ SC259251 · est 2003	—	—	£23.2k	—	22y	80	73y
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ASTRONAUT SHELLFISH LIMITED→ SC421678 · est 2012	—	—	£107.5k	—	14y	79	62y
CARLOWAY CROFTS LIMITED→ SC476584 · est 2014	—	—	£58.0k	—	11y	79	59y
DAWN SHELLFISH LIMITED→ SC341117 · est 2008 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	18y	—	—
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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2008-01-15

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC03110 — SIC 03110

Registered office

2 Hacklete

Isle Of Lewis

HS2 9LS

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-28

Last: 2026-01-14

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MACLENNAN, Angela→

secretary · appointed 2008-01-15

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Active

MACLENNAN, Robert John→

director · ~62y · appointed 2008-01-15

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