ORKNEY CRAB LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive

SC785678 · ltd · incorporated 2023-10-11

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 Aug 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

71/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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

1 live charge · oldest 1.4y

50/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Newest facility, 1.4 years old — likely still in initial term.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

14 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

71/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-08-31
Average employees	6000

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 incorporation

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand

2025-11-13
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-11-13
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-11-13
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-11-12
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-05-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-28
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-12-03
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-11-29
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance Limited
2023-11-16
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-11-02
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certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2023-11-02
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certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2023-11-02
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-10-11
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Company incorporated
As ORKNEY CRAB LIMITED
2023-10-11
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KNIGHT, Paul Daniel appointed
director
2023-10-11
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Young company: Only 2.6 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100

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.

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

I&B K Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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I&B K Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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ORKNEY CRAB LIMITED

This company · SC785678

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
I&B K Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	24/09/2025

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Pdk Shellfish Limitedceased 24/09/2025· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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

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BEINN THARSUINN WINDFARM COMMUNITY LIMITED→ SC319675 · est 2007	—	—	£525.2k	—	19y	81	79y
BLARGOANS LIMITED→ SC360136 · est 2009	—	—	£1.10M	—	16y	81	61y
NORTH HIGHLAND REGENERATION FUND→ SC301805 · est 2006	—	—	—	0	19y	81	84y
PAPA WESTRAY BUILDING PRESERVATION TRUST→ SC286513 · est 2005	—	—	—	—	20y	81	76y
FLOTTA PARTNERSHIP→ SC375689 · est 2010 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	16y	80	70y
JACKSON INSTRUMENT SERVICES LTD→ SC323001 · est 2007 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	18y	80	60y
LIVINGSTONE ENVIRONMENTAL LIMITED→ SC363433 · est 2009	—	—	£131.1k	—	16y	80	69y
PALACE ENTERPRISE (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→ SC350137 · est 2008	—	—	—	0	17y	80	63y
AGE SCOTLAND ORKNEY→ SC246433 · est 2003	—	—	£178.7k	—	23y	79	83y
NORTH HIGHLAND INITIATIVE→ SC351444 · est 2008 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	17y	—	—

Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

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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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2023-10-11

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Crab Factory

Garson Food Park

Stromness

KW16 3BL

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-05-31

Last made up to: 2024-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-24

Last: 2025-10-10

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

KNIGHT, Paul Daniel→

director · ~49y · appointed 2023-10-11

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Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance Limited	A registered charge	—	29/11/2024	—

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Recent filings (14 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-11-14

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC02

2025-11-13

memorandum-articles

incorporation · MA

2025-11-13

resolution

resolution · RESOLUTIONS

2025-11-13

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2025-11-12

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-05-30

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened

accounts · AA01

2025-02-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-01-20

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date

mortgage · MR01

2024-12-03

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2023-11-16

certificate-change-of-name-company

change-of-name · CERTNM

2023-11-02

certificate-change-of-name-company

change-of-name · CERTNM

2023-11-02

resolution

resolution · RESOLUTIONS

2023-11-02

incorporation-company

incorporation · NEWINC

2023-10-11