SCALE AQUACULTURE UK LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC340314 · ltd · incorporated 2008-03-27

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.

Why now

Window closing · medium confidence

Getting harder to buy cheaply — 1 signals strengthening over the last 30 days.

· Hygiene score: 85 → 90

What changed my view

Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

↑Hygiene score: 85 → 90

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£441.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

74/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Engineering design activities for industrial process and production

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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

16 officers (2 active, 16 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

87 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

74/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £441,911

Cash YoY

-13%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£425k

↓ 13% YoY

Net Worth

£442k

↑ 116% YoY

Current Assets

£3.1m

↑ 5.4% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£1.56M	£532.8k
Current assets	£3.10M	£2.94M
Cash	£425.1k	£487.2k
Debtors	£937.1k	£1.54M
Net assets	£441.9k	£204.6k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (51 events)Click to expand

2026-04-24
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-06-13
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-06-13
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2025-05-31
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SÆTHER, Ståle Ingebjørn resigned
director
2025-05-16
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-04-24
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MCMILLAN, Colin appointed
secretary
2024-12-16
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-07-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-06-27
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SMITH, Graham resigned
secretary
2024-06-27
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MYKLEBUST, Geir resigned
director
2024-06-27
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-06-27
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-06-25
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-06-25
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-31
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FOSTER, Conor appointed
director
2024-05-31
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SÆTHER, Ståle Ingebjørn appointed
director
2023-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-02-09
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second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2022-09-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-06-15
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-06-14
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2021-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-07-07
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2021-07-02
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SMITH, Graham appointed
secretary
2021-06-30
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-05-31
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-05-28
➖
FOTHERINGHAM, Fiona Ann resigned
secretary
2020-11-01
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FOTHERINGHAM, Fiona Ann appointed
secretary
2020-07-01
➖
BAKKEVIG, Martha Kold resigned
director
2020-07-01
➕
MYKLEBUST, Geir appointed
director
2019-11-01
➖
WEIR, Innes resigned
secretary
2018-04-15
➕
WEIR, Innes appointed
secretary
2018-01-02
➖
APELAND, Bjorn Mathias resigned
director
2018-01-02
➕
BAKKEVIG, Martha Kold appointed
director
2017-12-01
➖
BINNING, Alisdair George resigned
secretary
2014-04-11
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BINNING, Alisdair George appointed
secretary
2013-10-01
➖
FORRE, Stig Domaas resigned
director
2012-05-02
➖
BINNING, Alisdair George resigned
director
2012-03-13
➕
BINNING, Alisdair George appointed
director
2012-03-13
➖
OKLAND, Lars Egil resigned
director
2011-10-01
➖
BINNING, Alisdair resigned
secretary
2011-10-01
➕
APELAND, Bjorn Mathias appointed
director
2011-10-01
➕
FORRE, Stig Domaas appointed
director
2011-07-06
➕
BINNING, Alisdair appointed
secretary
2011-07-06
➖
JOHNSON, Jacqueline resigned
secretary
2010-03-15
➕
OKLAND, Lars Egil appointed
director
2010-03-15
➖
WANGSMO, Carsten Hvide resigned
director
2008-03-27
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Company incorporated
As SCALE AQUACULTURE UK LIMITED
2008-03-27
➕
JOHNSON, Jacqueline appointed
secretary

Showing most recent 50 of 51 events

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Gustav Magnar Witzoe Individual · Norwegian · DOB 02/1993 · age 33	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	24/05/2019
Mr Gustav Witzoe Individual · Norwegian · DOB 07/1953 · age 73	—	75–100%	75-100% voting	24/05/2019

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2008-03-27

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC71121 — Engineering design activities for industrial process and production

Registered office

Unit 30b & 30c Ben Nevis Drive

Ben Nevis Industrial Estate

Fort William

PH33 6PR

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-24

Last: 2026-04-10

Officers (2 active · 14 resigned)

MCMILLAN, Colin→

secretary · appointed 2025-04-24

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

FOSTER, Conor→

director · ~38y · appointed 2024-05-31

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

BINNING, Alisdair George→

secretary · appointed 2014-04-11 · resigned 2017-12-01

Resigned

BINNING, Alisdair→

secretary · appointed 2011-07-06 · resigned 2011-10-01

Resigned

FOTHERINGHAM, Fiona Ann→

secretary · appointed 2020-11-01 · resigned 2021-05-28

Resigned

JOHNSON, Jacqueline→

secretary · appointed 2008-03-27 · resigned 2011-07-06

Resigned

SMITH, Graham→

secretary · appointed 2021-07-02 · resigned 2024-06-27

Resigned

WEIR, Innes→

secretary · appointed 2018-04-15 · resigned 2019-11-01

Resigned

APELAND, Bjorn Mathias→

director · ~73y · appointed 2011-10-01 · resigned 2018-01-02

Resigned

BAKKEVIG, Martha Kold→

director · ~64y · appointed 2018-01-02 · resigned 2020-07-01

Resigned

BINNING, Alisdair George→

director · ~57y · appointed 2012-03-13 · resigned 2012-05-02

Resigned

FORRE, Stig Domaas→

director · ~56y · appointed 2011-10-01 · resigned 2013-10-01

Resigned

MYKLEBUST, Geir→

director · ~55y · appointed 2020-07-01 · resigned 2024-06-27

Resigned

OKLAND, Lars Egil→

director · ~66y · appointed 2010-03-15 · resigned 2012-03-13

Resigned

SÆTHER, Ståle Ingebjørn→

director · ~52y · appointed 2024-05-31 · resigned 2025-05-31

Resigned

WANGSMO, Carsten Hvide→

director · ~73y · appointed 2008-03-27 · resigned 2010-03-15

Resigned

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Recent filings (87 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-04-24

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-04-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2025-09-16

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2025-06-13

appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date

officers · AP03

2025-06-13

capital-allotment-shares

capital · SH01

2025-05-16

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-04-28

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2024-12-16

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2024-07-30

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2024-06-27

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM02

2024-06-27

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2024-06-25

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2024-06-25

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-05-23

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2023-09-29