QA SHELLFISH LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC552948 · ltd · incorporated 2016-12-19
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10200
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 46380Wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
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
27 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-31
Average employees400

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-01-13
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  4. 2025-01-10
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  5. 2025-01-10
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2025-01-10
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2025-01-10
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2025-01-10
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    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  9. 2025-01-09
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  10. 2024-12-09
    ➕
    WILLIAMSON, Robert appointed
    secretary
  11. 2024-12-09
    ➕
    NICOLSON, Robert Sinclair appointed
    director
  12. 2024-12-09
    ➖
    COSTIE, Heddle Alexander Bain resigned
    director
  13. 2024-12-09
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    RASMUSSEN, Heath Blaine resigned
    director
  14. 2024-06-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2023-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2023-05-16
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    STEINBACH, Csaba resigned
    director
  17. 2023-05-16
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  18. 2022-07-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2021-06-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2020-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2019-08-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2018-04-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  23. 2016-12-19
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    Company incorporated
    As QA SHELLFISH LTD
  24. 2016-12-19
    ➕
    GEDDES, Julie appointed
    director
  25. 2016-12-19
    ➕
    WILLIAMSON, Robert appointed
    director
  26. 2016-12-19
    ➕
    COSTIE, Heddle Alexander Bain appointed
    director
  27. 2016-12-19
    ➕
    RASMUSSEN, Heath Blaine appointed
    director
  28. 2016-12-19
    ➕
    STEINBACH, Csaba appointed
    director

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

40/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.

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

Qa Fish Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Qa Fish Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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QA SHELLFISH LTD
This company · SC552948

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Qa Fish Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control09/12/2024

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

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-12-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC10200 — SIC 10200

Registered office

Unit 1 Blacksness Pier
Scalloway
Shetland
ZE1 0TQ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-01
Last: 2025-12-18

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

WILLIAMSON, Robert→
secretary · appointed 2024-12-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GEDDES, Julie→
director · ~48y · appointed 2016-12-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NICOLSON, Robert Sinclair→
director · ~52y · appointed 2024-12-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILLIAMSON, Robert→
director · ~62y · appointed 2016-12-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COSTIE, Heddle Alexander Bain→
director · ~56y · appointed 2016-12-19 · resigned 2024-12-09
Resigned
RASMUSSEN, Heath Blaine→
director · ~55y · appointed 2016-12-19 · resigned 2024-12-09
Resigned
STEINBACH, Csaba→
director · ~44y · appointed 2016-12-19 · resigned 2023-05-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (27 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-30
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2025-01-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-01-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-01-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-01-10
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-10
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2025-01-10
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-05-16