OBAN SEAFOOD DISTRIBUTION LIMITED

🌱Startupactive
SC843194 · ltd · incorporated 2025-03-28
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.
Why now
Window steady · medium confidence
Mixed signals — 1 changes over 30 days, no clear direction yet.
  • · Filings: 2 → 3
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

  • Filings: 23
Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
62/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 03110
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47230SIC 47230
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 62/100 (worth a look), bankability 55/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (54/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
3 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
62/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 gazette
  • 1 dissolution
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 gazette
  • 1 dissolution
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (6 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-05
    📄
    gazette-notice-voluntary
    gazette · GAZ1(A)
  2. 2026-04-27
    📄
    dissolution-application-strike-off-company
    dissolution · DS01
  3. 2025-03-28
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As OBAN SEAFOOD DISTRIBUTION LIMITED
  4. 2025-03-28
    BIRRELL, Laura Maree appointed
    director
  5. 2025-03-28
    CLARK, Darren Craig appointed
    director
  6. 2025-03-28
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
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.
  • +Young company: Only 1.3 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-04-10

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Laura Maree Birrell
Individual · British · DOB 02/1970 · age 56
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control28/03/2025
Mr Darren Craig Clark
Individual · British · DOB 12/1996 · age 30
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control28/03/2025

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
Incorporated2025-03-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC03110 — SIC 03110

Registered office

10 Westfarm Gait
Cambuslang
Glasgow
G72 7WE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-28
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-04-10OVERDUE
Last:

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BIRRELL, Laura Maree
director · ~56y · appointed 2025-03-28
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Active
CLARK, Darren Craig
director · ~30y · appointed 2025-03-28
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Recent filings (3 total)

gazette-notice-voluntary
gazette · GAZ1(A)
2026-05-05
dissolution-application-strike-off-company
dissolution · DS01
2026-04-27
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-03-28