FLADDA MAID FISHING COMPANY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC511113 · ltd · incorporated 2015-07-20
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
Why now
Window closing · medium confidence
Getting harder to buy cheaply — 1 signals strengthening over the last 30 days.
  • · Hygiene score: 85 → 90
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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

  • ↑Hygiene score: 85 → 90
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
75/100
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 75/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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 (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · oldest 10.1y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 10.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
40 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees6000

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-23
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-05-10
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    MACKENZIE, John Gillies resigned
    director
  4. 2024-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-02-08
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2024-02-08
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  7. 2024-02-08
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2024-01-08
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    mortgage · MR01
  9. 2024-01-08
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  10. 2023-12-21
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  11. 2023-12-21
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  12. 2023-09-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-05-24
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    legacy
    miscellaneous · RPCH01
  14. 2022-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2022-03-29
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2022-03-28
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    TAYLOR, Steven Noble resigned
    director
  17. 2021-09-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2021-08-10
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    officers · AP03
  19. 2021-08-10
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  20. 2020-11-01
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    MCGREGOR, Christine appointed
    secretary
  21. 2020-10-31
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    SIMPSON, Alistair Elliot resigned
    secretary
  22. 2020-08-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  23. 2020-05-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  24. 2019-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  25. 2019-03-07
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    MACKAY, George Hector resigned
    director
  26. 2019-03-07
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    TAYLOR, Steven Noble appointed
    director
  27. 2017-07-31
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    MACKAY, George Hector resigned
    secretary
  28. 2017-07-31
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    SIMPSON, Alistair Elliot appointed
    secretary
  29. 2016-05-10
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  30. 2016-05-10
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  31. 2015-07-20
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    Company incorporated
    As FLADDA MAID FISHING COMPANY LIMITED
  32. 2015-07-20
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    MACLEOD, Angus Malcolm Mackenzie appointed
    director
  33. 2015-07-20
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    MACKAY, George Hector appointed
    secretary
  34. 2015-07-20
    ➕
    MACKAY, George Hector appointed
    director
  35. 2015-07-20
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    MACKENZIE, John Gillies appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Angus Malcolm Mackenzie Macleod
Individual · British · DOB 01/1983 · age 43
75–100%
—75-100% shares30/03/2022
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr John Gillies Mackenzieceased 08/02/2024· 25-50% shares
  • Denholm Fishselling Company Ltdceased 08/02/2024· 25-50% shares

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

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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-07-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC03110 — SIC 03110

Registered office

26-30 Marine Place
Buckie
AB56 1UT
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-02
Last: 2025-07-19

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

MCGREGOR, Christine→
secretary · appointed 2020-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACLEOD, Angus Malcolm Mackenzie→
director · ~43y · appointed 2015-07-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACKAY, George Hector→
secretary · appointed 2015-07-20 · resigned 2017-07-31
Resigned
SIMPSON, Alistair Elliot→
secretary · appointed 2017-07-31 · resigned 2020-10-31
Resigned
MACKAY, George Hector→
director · ~65y · appointed 2015-07-20 · resigned 2019-03-07
Resigned
MACKENZIE, John Gillies→
director · ~67y · appointed 2015-07-20 · resigned 2025-05-10
Resigned
TAYLOR, Steven Noble→
director · ~50y · appointed 2019-03-07 · resigned 2022-03-28
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
4
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property21/12/2023—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property21/12/2023—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—10/05/2016—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property10/05/2016—
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Recent filings (40 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-18
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-02-08
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-02-08
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-02-08
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-01-08
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-08
legacy
miscellaneous · RPCH01
2022-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-17