THE SCOTTISH HALIBUT COMPANY LTD

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SC825964 · ltd · incorporated 2024-10-15
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
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 03210
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. 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 (74/100)

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
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
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
16 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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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 · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-31
Average employees1

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 capital
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-19
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  3. 2025-11-12
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  4. 2025-10-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-10-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2025-10-28
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  7. 2025-10-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2025-10-27
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  9. 2025-10-22
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  10. 2025-10-13
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    capital-alter-shares-subdivision
    capital · SH02
  11. 2025-10-03
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  12. 2025-10-03
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  13. 2025-05-22
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  14. 2025-05-13
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2025-05-08
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    MILLS, Nigel John appointed
    director
  16. 2024-10-15
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    Company incorporated
    As THE SCOTTISH HALIBUT COMPANY LTD
  17. 2024-10-15
    ➕
    TAME, Edward William appointed
    director
  18. 2024-10-15
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    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.
  • +Young company: Only 1.5 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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
Mr Nigel John Mills Cbe
Individual · British · DOB 09/1958 · age 68
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting03/10/2025
Mr Edward William Tame
Individual · British · DOB 02/1989 · age 37
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting15/10/2024

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2024-10-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC03210 — SIC 03210

Registered office

8 St. Annes Place
Haddington
EH41 4BS
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-28
Last: 2025-10-14

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MILLS, Nigel John→
director · ~68y · appointed 2025-05-08
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Active
TAME, Edward William→
director · ~37y · appointed 2024-10-15
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Active

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Recent filings (16 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-27
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-11-19
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-28
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-10-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-27
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-10-27
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-10-22
capital-alter-shares-subdivision
capital · SH02
2025-10-13
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-10-03
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-10-03
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-05-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-05-13