NORMAN WILSON FISHING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC350525 · ltd · incorporated 2008-10-28
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
£124
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 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
52 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £124

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2k
Net Worth
£124
Current Assets
£9k
Current Liabilities
—
£0£2k£3k£5k£7k£9kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£124—
Current assets£8.6k—
Cash£1.8k—
Debtors£6.7k—
Net assets£124—
Average employees—200

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-05-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  6. 2021-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-08-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2020-02-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-08-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  10. 2018-03-26
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  11. 2017-11-08
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  12. 2017-11-08
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2017-03-17
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-07-25
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-12-07
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2008-10-28
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    Company incorporated
    As NORMAN WILSON FISHING LIMITED
  17. 2008-10-28
    ➕
    WILSON, Gill appointed
    director
  18. 2008-10-28
    ➕
    WILSON, Norman Geddes appointed
    director
  19. 2008-10-28
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2008-10-28
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2008-10-28
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
    director
  22. 2008-10-28
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
    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 "WILSON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — 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 68. 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 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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 Norman Geddes Wilson
Individual · British · DOB 07/1961 · age 65
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Gillian Wilson
Individual · British · DOB 09/1958 · age 68
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2008-10-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC03110 — SIC 03110

Registered office

27 King Edward Terrace
Portknockie
Buckie
Aberdeenshire
AB56 4NX
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-11
Last: 2025-10-28

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

WILSON, Gill→
director · ~68y · appointed 2008-10-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILSON, Norman Geddes→
director · ~65y · appointed 2008-10-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-10-28 · resigned 2008-10-28
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen George→
director · ~76y · appointed 2008-10-28 · resigned 2008-10-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (52 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-02-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-20