SKATERAW FISHERIES LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC550292 · ltd · incorporated 2016-11-15
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 8.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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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
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 8.9y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 8.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · 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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
21 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
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees500500

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-12
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-07-31
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-08-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-10-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-07-04
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-11-14
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    address · AD01
  9. 2018-08-02
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-06-28
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    mortgage · MR01
  11. 2017-06-21
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  12. 2016-12-19
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  13. 2016-11-15
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    Company incorporated
    As SKATERAW FISHERIES LIMITED
  14. 2016-11-15
    ➕
    JOHNSTON, Mary appointed
    secretary
  15. 2016-11-15
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    JOHNSTON, Paul appointed
    director
  16. 2016-11-15
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    JOHNSTON, Scott appointed
    director
  17. 2016-11-15
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

74/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

46/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Paul Johnston
Individual · British · DOB 06/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting15/11/2016
Mr Scott Johnston
Individual · British · DOB 03/1969 · age 57
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting15/11/2016

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
Incorporated2016-11-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46380 — Wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs

Registered office

Skateraw Fisheries Ltd
Old Ford Road
Aberdeen
AB11 5RL
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-28
Last: 2025-11-14

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

JOHNSTON, Mary→
secretary · appointed 2016-11-15
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Active
JOHNSTON, Paul→
director · ~59y · appointed 2016-11-15
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Active
JOHNSTON, Scott→
director · ~57y · appointed 2016-11-15
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—21/06/2017—
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Recent filings (21 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-11-16