NORMAN WILSON FISHING LIMITED

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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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No material changes in the last 90 days.

Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
£6.4k
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: high (85/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed
95
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
53 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 £6,367
Cash YoY
+863%
Year on year

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£17k
↑ 863% YoY
Net Worth
£6k
↑ 5035% YoY
Current Assets
£18k
↑ 110% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£4k£7k£11k£14k£18kOct 2023Oct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-312024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£6.4k£124—
Current assets£18.0k£8.6k—
Cash£17.5k£1.8k—
Debtors£525£6.7k—
Net assets£6.4k£124—
Average employees——200

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-18
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  2. 2025-10-28
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  3. 2024-08-15
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  4. 2024-05-23
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  5. 2023-07-27
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  6. 2022-07-29
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  7. 2021-07-29
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  8. 2020-08-07
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  9. 2020-02-11
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  10. 2019-08-20
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  11. 2018-03-26
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  12. 2017-11-08
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  13. 2017-11-08
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  14. 2017-03-17
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  15. 2016-07-25
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  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
    ➖
    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 18 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 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
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: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
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 (53 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-05-18
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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
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-27
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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