GREENS FISHMONGERS LTD
🌳Matureactive
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.
🔒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
What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueAsset-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 102Positive net assets
Net assets £54,972
Cash YoY
+9%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£62k
↑ 8.8% YoY
Net Worth
£55k
↑ 30% YoY
Current Assets
£86k
↑ 9.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-11-30 | 2023-11-30 |
|---|---|---|
| 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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-25📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-10-25📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-10-25📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-08-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-05-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-08-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-09-17📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-06-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2013-09-12🏢Company incorporatedAs GREENS FISHMONGERS LTD
- 2013-09-12➕KERR, Lisa Jane appointeddirector
- 2013-09-12➕MCELHATTON, Gerard appointeddirector
Owner dependency
78/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 signalMultiple 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
cleanNo 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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Gerard Mcelhatton Individual · British · DOB 07/1960 · age 66 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| BREACANAUTE LIMITED→ SC860687 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| DRAMTUBES LTD→ SC663617 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| ELENA AVENUE LTD→ SC768687 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| ENVIROCLEAN GLOBAL LTD→ SC609092 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| FARRAH'S DAIRY LTD→ SC725556 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| FORTH IMPORT EXPORT LTD→ SC880666 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| FRANKE U.K. LIMITED→ SC126669 · est 1990 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 35y | — | — |
| GOLDEN TRIANGLE FOODS LTD→ SC847388 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| GRACEFRUIT LIMITED→ SC374368 · est 2010 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 16y | — | — |
| H2O FOR YOU LIMITED→ SC199968 · est 1999 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 26y | — | — |
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See pricing →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→
Activedirector · ~43y · appointed 2013-09-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCELHATTON, Gerard→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2013-09-12
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Recent filings (28 total)
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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2025-08-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
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
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-10-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-10-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-25