SOLSTICE FISHING LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SF000916 · oversea-company · incorporated 2003-10-10
Investment thesis
Looks cheap but ownership + security both unclear — probable value trap.
Why interesting: Headline metrics may be attractive.
Why risky: No PSC visibility combined with multiple live charges; transacting likely slow and expensive.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 22.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
not disclosed
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 3 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · oldest 22.3y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 22.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: low (44/100)Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.
Company profile
address, no SIC, incorporation date
80
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
6 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
- 2013-05-24📄miscellaneousmiscellaneous · MISC
- 2004-03-15📄legacymortgage · 410(Scot)
- 2004-03-09🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Anglo Irish Bank Corporation PLC
- 2004-01-30📄legacymortgage · 410(Scot)
- 2004-01-30📄legacymortgage · 410(Scot)
- 2004-01-12🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Anglo Irish Bank Corporation PLC
- 2004-01-12🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Anglo Irish Bank Corporation PLC
- 2003-11-07📍legacyaddress · BUSADD
- 2003-11-07📄legacyincorporation · 691
- 2003-10-10🏢Company incorporatedAs SOLSTICE FISHING LIMITED
- 2003-10-10➕MURRIN, James Thomas appointedsecretary
- 2003-10-10➕MURRIN, James Thomas appointeddirector
- 2003-10-10➕MURRIN, Mary Martina appointeddirector
Owner dependency
91/100
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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
96/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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Statusactive
Typeoversea-company
Incorporated2003-10-10
Jurisdictionunited-kingdom
Primary SIC—
Registered office
Gary Masson
3 Frithside Street
Fraserburgh
Aberdeenshire
AB43 9AR
Filing status
Accounts
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Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
MURRIN, James Thomas→
Activesecretary · appointed 2003-10-10
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MURRIN, James Thomas→
Activedirector · ~73y · appointed 2003-10-10
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MURRIN, Mary Martina→
Activedirector · ~75y · appointed 2003-10-10
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Anglo Irish Bank Corporation PLC | Deed of covenants | 3 properties | 09/03/2004 | — | |
| outstanding | Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Anglo Irish Bank Corporation PLC | Deed of covenants | 1 property | 12/01/2004 | — | |
| outstanding | Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Anglo Irish Bank Corporation PLC | Ship mortgage | 1 property | 12/01/2004 | — |
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Recent filings (6 total)
miscellaneous
miscellaneous · MISC
2013-05-24
legacy
mortgage · 410(Scot)
2004-03-15
legacy
mortgage · 410(Scot)
2004-01-30
legacy
mortgage · 410(Scot)
2004-01-30
legacy
address · BUSADD
2003-11-07
legacy
incorporation · 691
2003-11-07