SILVER CLOUD SHELLFISH LTD
🌿Early-stageactive
SC796060 · ltd · incorporated 2024-01-22
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
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 03110
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 0.8y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 0.8 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
50
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
10 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
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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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| Metric | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|
| Average employees | 200 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-09📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-07-09📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-07-04🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Macduff Shellfish (Scotland) Limited
- 2025-07-04🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Macduff Shellfish (Scotland) Limited
- 2025-07-01➖FERGUSON, Stuart William resigneddirector
- 2025-07-01📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-02-04📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-02-04📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-02-04📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-01-22🏢Company incorporatedAs SILVER CLOUD SHELLFISH LTD
- 2024-01-22➕BISSET, David Evan appointeddirector
- 2024-01-22➕BISSET, David appointeddirector
- 2024-01-22➕FERGUSON, Stuart William appointeddirector
- 2024-01-22📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
86/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
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.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +Young company: Only 2.3 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.
Succession & seller-readiness
16/100
No succession signalNo meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — BISSET, David Evan (same surname) appointed 2024-01-22. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr David Evan Bisset Individual · British · DOB 08/1989 · age 37 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 22/01/2024 |
Mr Stuart William Ferguson Individual · British · DOB 06/1977 · age 49 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 22/01/2024 |
Mr David Bisset Individual · British · DOB 02/1958 · age 68 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 22/01/2024 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Active · Agriculture · IV postcode area| Company | Est. value | Turnover | Net worth | Staff | Age | Opp | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASSYNT CROFTERS TRUST LIMITED→ SC140205 · est 1992 | — | — | — | 3 | 33y | 83 | 88y |
| BLUE MOTION FISHING CO. LIMITED→ SC357414 · est 2009 | — | — | £762.9k | — | 17y | 83 | 62y |
| BURGIE LODGE FARMS LIMITED→ SC031556 · est 1956 | — | — | £1.67M | — | 69y | 83 | 73y |
| CAWDOR FORESTRY LIMITED→ SC218848 · est 2001 | — | — | £468.9k | — | 24y | 83 | 64y |
| DINGWALL & HIGHLAND MARTS LIMITED→ SC154876 · est 1994 | — | — | — | 39 | 31y | 83 | 81y |
| EASTER ROSS FARMERS LIMITED→ SC060125 · est 1976 | — | — | — | 100 | 49y | 83 | 95y |
| GLENROSSAL LIMITED→ SC351176 · est 2008 | — | — | £2.77M | — | 17y | 83 | 88y |
| KINGSBURGH FOREST TRUST→ SC227429 · est 2002 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 24y | 83 | 75y |
| SMIR SCOTLAND LIMITED→ SC553111 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| SPYNIE FARMERS LIMITED→ SC113051 · est 1988 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 37y | — | — |
| STRATHNAIRN COMMUNITY WOODLANDS→ SC228026 · est 2002 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 24y | — | — |
| TARTAN TIMBER HARVESTING LTD→ SC849444 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2024-01-22
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC03110 — SIC 03110
Registered office
36 Huntly Street
Inverness
IV3 5PR
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-05
Last: 2026-01-22
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
BISSET, David Evan→
Activedirector · ~37y · appointed 2024-01-22
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BISSET, David→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2024-01-22
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FERGUSON, Stuart William→
Resigneddirector · ~49y · appointed 2024-01-22 · resigned 2025-07-01
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Macduff Shellfish (Scotland) Macduff Shellfish (Scotland) Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 04/07/2025 | — | |
| outstanding | Macduff Shellfish (Scotland) Macduff Shellfish (Scotland) Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 04/07/2025 | — |
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Recent filings (10 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-10
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-07-09
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-07-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-07-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-04
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-02-04
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-02-04
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-02-04
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-01-22