LAUREN ROSE & RHEA S FISHING COMPANY LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC804987 · ltd · incorporated 2024-03-28
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 Mar 2026
Net worth
£-12.2k
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. 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: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
7 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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £12,220

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£12k
↓ 80% YoY
Current Assets
£2k
↑ 489% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£12k-£9k-£6k-£4k-£597£2kMar 2025Mar 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2026-03-312025-03-31
Total assets£37.8k£43.2k
Current assets£2.3k£392
Net assets£-12.2k£-6.8k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (7 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-01-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-06-28
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  4. 2025-06-17
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  5. 2024-03-28
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As LAUREN ROSE & RHEA S FISHING COMPANY LTD
  6. 2024-03-28
    ➕
    SANDISON, Craig George appointed
    director
  7. 2024-03-28
    📄
    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 2.2 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Craig George Sandison
Individual · British · DOB 12/1986 · age 40
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control28/03/2024

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
Incorporated2024-03-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC03110 — SIC 03110

Registered office

30 Twageos Road
Lerwick
Shetland
ZE1 0BB
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-10
Last: 2026-03-27

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

SANDISON, Craig George→
director · ~40y · appointed 2024-03-28
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Recent filings (7 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-24
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-25
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-06-17
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-03-28