AVRELLA FISHING COMPANY LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC495088 · ltd · incorporated 2015-01-14

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 closing · medium confidence

Getting harder to buy cheaply — 1 signals strengthening over the last 30 days.

· Hygiene score: 85 → 90

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 11.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

↑Hygiene score: 85 → 90

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

77/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 03110

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

7 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 11.2y

70/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 11.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

Lenders & charges

7 charges (7/7 with lender, 7/7 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (6 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

0 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

51 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

77/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	4	400

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand

2025-12-16
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accounts · AA
2025-06-12
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officers · AP03
2025-06-12
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officers · TM02
2025-06-01
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SCOLLAY, John Magnus appointed
secretary
2025-05-30
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HENDERSON, Hazel Jane resigned
secretary
2024-10-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-26
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DALZIEL, Ryan appointed
director
2022-01-26
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officers · AP01
2021-09-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-15
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2021-01-15
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officers · CH02
2021-01-15
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-01-15
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-01-15
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-01-15
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-01-15
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2021-01-08
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withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2020-12-04
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-09-22
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mortgage · MR01
2020-09-22
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mortgage · MR01
2020-09-11
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Charge registered #7
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank)
2020-09-11
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Charge registered #6
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank)
2020-09-03
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2020-07-09
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Charge satisfied #4
2020-07-09
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Charge satisfied #3
2020-07-09
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Charge satisfied #2
2020-07-03
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L.H.D. LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2015-03-30
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2015-03-30
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2015-03-27
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2015-03-26
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2015-01-14
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Company incorporated
As AVRELLA FISHING COMPANY LTD
2015-01-14
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CUMMING, Duncan Laurence appointed
director
2015-01-14
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CUMMING, Owen Trevor appointed
director
2015-01-14
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CUMMING, Trevor Alan appointed
director
2015-01-14
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HENDERSON, Hazel Jane appointed
secretary

Owner dependency

56/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Similar companies

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Company	Est. value	Turnover	Net worth	Staff	Age	Opp	Director
RESEARCH FISHING CO. LIMITED→ SC103453 · est 1987	£15.65M £12.04M–£19.26M	—	—	0	39y	81	87y
CHARISMA HOLDING COMPANY LIMITED→ SC207704 · est 2000	£14.85M £11.42M–£18.28M	—	—	0	25y	83	75y
GRONIDAAL ORGANIC SMOLTS LTD.→ SC307638 · est 2006	—	—	£396.2k	—	19y	83	82y
UNST SHELLFISH LTD.→ SC326121 · est 2007	—	—	£180.6k	—	18y	83	61y
C & A THOMASON LTD.→ SC197920 · est 1999	—	—	£217.5k	—	26y	82	88y
GUIDING LIGHT FISHING COMPANY LIMITED→ SC339799 · est 2008	—	—	—	2	18y	82	58y
SHETLAND MARINE LIMITED→ SC398706 · est 2011	—	—	—	3	15y	82	70y
SHETLAND SEAFOOD AUCTIONS LIMITED→ SC190378 · est 1998	—	—	£408.2k	—	27y	82	62y
TINGWALL LIVESTOCK LIMITED→ SC285843 · est 2005	—	—	£247.4k	—	20y	82	75y
ANDERSON BROS (VOE) LTD.→ SC246814 · est 2003	—	—	£220.2k	—	23y	80	64y
BLUESHELL MUSSELS LIMITED→ SC254395 · est 2003	—	—	£16.08M	—	22y	80	58y
COLLAFIRTH SEAFARMS LIMITED→ SC335991 · est 2008	—	—	—	—	18y	80	70y

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2015-01-14

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC03110 — SIC 03110

Registered office

Mair's Quay

Holmsgarth

Lerwick

Shetland

ZE1 0PW

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-28

Last: 2026-01-14