EAST NEUK SHELLFISH LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC393172 · ltd · incorporated 2011-02-09
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 14.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 47230
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 14.2y

70/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 14.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
51 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
82
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 Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Average employees19001900

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-02
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  2. 2026-02-23
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    officers · TM02
  3. 2026-02-09
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    THORNTONS LAW LLP resigned
    corporate-secretary
  4. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-08-08
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  6. 2023-05-15
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    mortgage · MR01
  7. 2023-05-15
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    mortgage · MR01
  8. 2023-05-09
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Virgin Money)
  9. 2023-05-09
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Virgin Money)
  10. 2023-05-05
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    mortgage · MR01
  11. 2023-04-19
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Virgin Money)
  12. 2023-03-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-09-07
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-09-09
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  15. 2020-09-11
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  16. 2019-09-05
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  17. 2018-07-26
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  18. 2017-07-18
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  19. 2016-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  20. 2014-11-01
    ➖
    MURRAY DONALD LLP resigned
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2014-11-01
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    THORNTONS LAW LLP appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2014-10-07
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  23. 2014-02-05
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    REGULEZ, Natalia appointed
    director
  24. 2014-02-05
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    GOMEZ, Santiago Abecia resigned
    director
  25. 2012-02-27
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  26. 2011-05-24
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    GOMEZ, Santiago Abecia appointed
    director
  27. 2011-04-27
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    MARTINEZ, Ronan Daniel appointed
    director
  28. 2011-04-27
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    LANG, Alistair James resigned
    director
  29. 2011-02-09
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    Company incorporated
    As EAST NEUK SHELLFISH LIMITED
  30. 2011-02-09
    ➕
    MURRAY DONALD LLP appointed
    corporate-secretary
  31. 2011-02-09
    ➕
    LANG, Alistair James appointed
    director

Owner dependency

68/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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

1 low
5 live charges
low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Natalia Regulez
Individual · Spanish · DOB 11/1972 · age 54
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Ronan Daniel Martinez
Individual · British · DOB 10/1978 · age 48
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-02-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47230 — SIC 47230

Registered office

Kinburn Castle
Double Dykes Road
St Andrews
Fife
KY16 9DR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-21
Last: 2026-02-07

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

MARTINEZ, Ronan Daniel→
director · ~48y · appointed 2011-04-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
REGULEZ, Natalia→
director · ~54y · appointed 2014-02-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MURRAY DONALD LLP→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2011-02-09 · resigned 2014-11-01
Resigned
THORNTONS LAW LLP→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2014-11-01 · resigned 2026-02-09
Resigned
GOMEZ, Santiago Abecia→
director · ~82y · appointed 2011-05-24 · resigned 2014-02-05
Resigned
LANG, Alistair James→
director · ~53y · appointed 2011-02-09 · resigned 2011-04-27
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

5
Total charges
5
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Virgin Money)
A registered charge—09/05/2023—
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Virgin Money)
A registered charge5 properties09/05/2023—
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Virgin Money)
A registered charge1 property19/04/2023—
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property07/10/2014—
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
Floating charge1 property27/02/2012—
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Recent filings (51 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-02
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-20
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-05-15
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-05-15
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-09