THE FISHOUSE (OBAN) LIMITED

📉Decliningactive

SC499294 · ltd · incorporated 2015-03-02

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.

Opportunity decay

drifting distress · 6-months

Drifting toward distress — expect more negotiability in 3–6 months, but also more friction.

· Lifecycle stage drifting downward
· Currently "declining"

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

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

£1.43M

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Licenced restaurants

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: conservative operator with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (85/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

30 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Profitable

Profit before tax £164,598

Turnover YoY

+3%

Year on year

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 · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Turnover	£1.43M	£1.38M
Gross profit	£512.1k	£521.2k
Profit before tax	£164.6k	£208.8k
Average employees	1000	1000

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-08-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-31
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SCOTT, Susan appointed
secretary
2021-03-31
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MACLACHLAINN, Calum Eoghann resigned
director
2021-03-31
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2021-03-31
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officers · AP03
2021-03-31
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-03-31
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-03-31
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-06-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-12-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-09-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-08-15
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capital · SH01
2017-08-15
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2017-04-10
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SCOTT, Roderick James resigned
director
2015-03-02
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Company incorporated
As THE FISHOUSE (OBAN) LIMITED
2015-03-02
➕
SLOAN, Paul Gerrard appointed
director
2015-03-02
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MACLACHLAINN, Calum Eoghann appointed
director
2015-03-02
➕
SCOTT, Roderick James appointed
director

Owner dependency

83/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
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.)

Group structure

Sloan Wells Holdings Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️

Sloan Wells Holdings Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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THE FISHOUSE (OBAN) LIMITED

This company · SC499294

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Sloan Wells Holdings Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	31/03/2021

3 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Calum Eoghann Maclachlainnceased 31/03/2021· 25-50% shares
Mr Paul Gerrard Sloanceased 31/03/2021· 25-50% shares
Mr Roderick James Scottceased 10/04/2017· 25-50% shares

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2015-03-02

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

1 The Pier

Oban

Argyll

PA34 4LW

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-19

Last: 2025-08-05

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

SCOTT, Susan→

secretary · appointed 2021-03-31

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

SLOAN, Paul Gerrard→

director · ~59y · appointed 2015-03-02

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

MACLACHLAINN, Calum Eoghann→

director · ~63y · appointed 2015-03-02 · resigned 2021-03-31

Resigned

SCOTT, Roderick James→

director · ~66y · appointed 2015-03-02 · resigned 2017-04-10

Resigned

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Recent filings (30 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-08-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-08-10

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-08-26

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-08-06

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-08-16

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-07-18

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-08-05

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-06-27

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-08-27

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-08-24

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC02

2021-03-31

appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date

officers · AP03

2021-03-31

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2021-03-31

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2021-03-31

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2021-03-31