GREENS FISHMONGERS LTD

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SC459045 · ltd · incorporated 2013-09-12
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£55.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 66). 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
28 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £54,972
Cash YoY
+9%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£62k
↑ 8.8% YoY
Net Worth
£55k
↑ 30% YoY
Current Assets
£86k
↑ 9.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£17k£35k£52k£69k£86kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£55.0k£42.4k
Current assets£86.4k£79.0k
Cash£62.2k£57.1k
Debtors£24.3k£21.9k
Net assets£55.0k£42.4k

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

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Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-28
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  2. 2024-08-30
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  3. 2023-08-31
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  4. 2022-10-25
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  8. 2021-08-19
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  9. 2020-08-25
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  10. 2019-08-23
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  11. 2018-08-24
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  12. 2017-05-11
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  13. 2016-08-12
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  14. 2015-09-17
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  15. 2015-06-22
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  16. 2013-09-12
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    Company incorporated
    As GREENS FISHMONGERS LTD
  17. 2013-09-12
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    KERR, Lisa Jane appointed
    director
  18. 2013-09-12
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    MCELHATTON, Gerard appointed
    director

Owner dependency

78/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 13 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. 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 13 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 Gerard Mcelhatton
Individual · British · DOB 07/1960 · age 66
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2013-09-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46380 — Wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs

Registered office

19a Wellside Place
Falkirk
FK1 5RL
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-21
Last: 2025-09-07

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

KERR, Lisa Jane→
director · ~43y · appointed 2013-09-12
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MCELHATTON, Gerard→
director · ~66y · appointed 2013-09-12
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Recent filings (28 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-07
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2025-08-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-26
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2024-08-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-31
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address · AD01
2022-10-25
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address · AD01
2022-10-25
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address · AD01
2022-10-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-16
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accounts · AA
2022-08-08
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-14
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accounts · AA
2021-08-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-25