COLDINGHAM LOCH FLY FISHERS LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC673850 · ltd · incorporated 2020-09-10
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
year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£75.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 03120
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 93120Activities of sport clubs
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
11 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £75,932

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£76k
↑ 31% YoY
Current Assets
£82k
↑ 28% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£16k£33k£49k£65k£82kSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£75.9k£58.2k
Current assets£81.8k£64.0k
Net assets£75.9k£58.2k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-09-10
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As COLDINGHAM LOCH FLY FISHERS LTD
  7. 2020-09-10
    KENNEDY, Mary Carmel appointed
    director
  8. 2020-09-10
    TAYLOR, Aidan Gareth appointed
    director
  9. 2020-09-10
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

78/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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
Aidan Gareth Taylor
Individual · British · DOB 11/1958 · age 68
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting10/09/2020
Mary Carmel Kennedy
Individual · British · DOB 07/1964 · age 62
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting10/09/2020

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
Incorporated2020-09-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC03120 — SIC 03120

Registered office

The Loch House
Coldingham Loch
Coldingham
Berwickshire
TD14 5QE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-22
Last: 2025-09-08

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

KENNEDY, Mary Carmel
director · ~62y · appointed 2020-09-10
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Active
TAYLOR, Aidan Gareth
director · ~68y · appointed 2020-09-10
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Active

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Recent filings (11 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-04
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2020-09-10