GIRL JEAN DIRECT SHELLFISH LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC776448 · ltd · incorporated 2023-07-20
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jul 2024
Net worth
£-3.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 03110
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (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, 1 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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
4 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £3,346

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2k
Net Worth
-£3k
Current Assets
£4k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-07-31
Total assets£-3.3k
Current assets£3.8k
Cash£1.5k
Debtors£2.3k
Net assets£-3.3k

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

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1 signal 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (6 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-17
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2023-07-20
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As GIRL JEAN DIRECT SHELLFISH LIMITED
  3. 2023-07-20
    CLARK, Darren Craig appointed
    director
  4. 2023-07-20
    CROUCHER, Andrew appointed
    director
  5. 2023-07-20
    ROWAN, Cameron appointed
    director
  6. 2023-07-20
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

55/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS
  • +Young company: Only 2.8 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Darren Craig Clark
Individual · British · DOB 12/1996 · age 30
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control20/07/2023
Cameron Rowan
Individual · British · DOB 06/2005 · age 21
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control20/07/2023
Andrew Croucher
Individual · British · DOB 05/1993 · age 33
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control20/07/2023

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
Incorporated2023-07-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC03110 — SIC 03110

Registered office

R A Clement Associates
5 Argyll Square
Oban
PA34 4AZ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-04-30
Last made up to: 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-02
Last: 2025-07-19

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

CLARK, Darren Craig
director · ~30y · appointed 2023-07-20
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Active
CROUCHER, Andrew
director · ~33y · appointed 2023-07-20
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Active
ROWAN, Cameron
director · ~21y · appointed 2023-07-20
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Active

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Recent filings (4 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-24
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-07-20