GUIDING LIGHT FISHING COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC339799 · ltd · incorporated 2008-03-18
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 17.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 03110
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. 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

2 live charges · oldest 17.9y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 17.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
46 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees2200

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 (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-12
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  3. 2025-06-11
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  4. 2025-06-01
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    SCOLLAY, John Magnus appointed
    secretary
  5. 2025-05-30
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    HENDERSON, Hazel Jane resigned
    secretary
  6. 2024-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-11-06
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    SCOTT, Melanie appointed
    director
  8. 2023-11-06
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    officers · AP01
  9. 2023-10-10
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  10. 2022-08-17
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-12-02
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-12-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2020-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-09-17
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  15. 2018-10-09
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-12-01
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  17. 2017-01-23
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  18. 2017-01-18
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    LESLIE, James Raymond resigned
    director
  19. 2016-08-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  20. 2008-07-29
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  21. 2008-06-24
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  22. 2008-03-18
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    Company incorporated
    As GUIDING LIGHT FISHING COMPANY LIMITED
  23. 2008-03-18
    ➕
    SCOTT, John Robert Henry appointed
    director
  24. 2008-03-18
    ➕
    HENDERSON, Hazel Jane appointed
    secretary
  25. 2008-03-18
    ➕
    LESLIE, James Raymond appointed
    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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — 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 — SCOTT, Melanie (same surname) appointed 2023-11-06. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John Pobert Henry Scott
Individual · British · DOB 09/1968 · age 58
75–100%
—75-100% shares30/06/2016

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
Incorporated2008-03-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC03110 — SIC 03110

Registered office

Mair's Quay
Holmsgarth
Lerwick
Shetland
ZE1 0PW
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-01
Last: 2026-03-18

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

SCOLLAY, John Magnus→
secretary · appointed 2025-06-01
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Active
SCOTT, John Robert Henry→
director · ~58y · appointed 2008-03-18
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Active
SCOTT, Melanie→
director · ~47y · appointed 2023-11-06
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Active
HENDERSON, Hazel Jane→
secretary · appointed 2008-03-18 · resigned 2025-05-30
Resigned
LESLIE, James Raymond→
director · ~79y · appointed 2008-03-18 · resigned 2017-01-18
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
Ship mortgage1 property29/07/2008—
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
Floating charge1 property24/06/2008—
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Recent filings (46 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-04
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-06-12
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2025-06-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-12-04