ORGANIC SEA HARVEST LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2023-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-31 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-17
Watchouts
Cash
£94K
+11.3% vs 2022
Net assets
-£3M
-124% lowest in 5 filed years
Employees
19
+11.8% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
-£15M
-1,881% vs 2022
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The directors do not believe that it is appropriate to prepare these financial statements on a going concern basis. We draw attention to note 1.2 of the financial statements, which explains that the directors have taken the decision to cease trading in 2025 and therefore do not consider it to be appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2023-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-03-31 | 2020-03-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £16,586,506 | £14,114,691 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | -£581,573 | -£15,119,353 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | -£775,057 | -£15,353,849 | |
| Net profit | — | — | -£391,023 | — | -£775,057 | -£15,353,849 | |
| Cash | — | — | £521,848 | £41,413 | £84,246 | £93,743 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £265,151 | — | £9,259,590 | £12,573,354 | £11,550,309 | -£2,124,801 | |
| Net assets | £265,151 | — | £9,245,364 | £11,542,727 | £10,767,670 | -£2,586,183 | |
| Equity | £265,151 | £2,636,062 | £9,245,364 | £11,542,727 | £10,767,670 | -£2,586,183 | |
| Average employees | 0 | — | 6 | 15 | 17 | 19 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £858,528 | £1,031,544 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2022 → FY2023 · period ending 2023-12-31 vs 2022-12-31
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Turnover
-14.9%
£16,586,506 £14,114,691
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Cash
+11.3%
£84,246 £93,743
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Net assets
-124%
£10,767,670 -£2,586,183
lowest in 5 filed years
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Employees
+11.8%
17 19
highest in 5 filed years
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Operating profit
-2,499.7%
-£581,573 -£15,119,353
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Profit before tax
-1,881%
-£775,057 -£15,353,849
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Wages
+20.2%
£858,528 £1,031,544
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2019-03-31 | 2020-03-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | -3.5% | -107.1% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | -4.7% | -108.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | -5.0% | 711.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 1.10x | 0.22x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | -3.01x | -64.48x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The directors do not believe that it is appropriate to prepare these financial statements on a going concern basis. We draw attention to note 1.2 of the financial statements, which explains that the directors have taken the decision to cease trading in 2025 and therefore do not consider it to be appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The board of OSH making the difficult decision to fallow the two existing farming sites until refinancing of the business can be agreed.”
- “Organic Sea Harvest Ltd has successfully achieved consent to develop a third site granted in September 2024 and a fourth farming site granted in April 2025.”
- “In March 2025, the directors took the decision to cease trading... Since April 2025, all farming operations have been mothballed, and all staff have been made redundant.”
- “All biomass has been sold, and significant operating assets have been disposed of to third parties, realising cash which has been used to settle trade creditors.”
- “In 2024/2025 the company incurred additional losses on biomass amounting to £7,992,643 relating to fish put to sea in 2024 and scheduled for 2025.”
- “Following the asset sales in April 2025 we are pleased to report that cash generated was used to pay down a significant part of the trade creditors.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRAY, Robert | Secretary | 2019-01-15 | — | — |
| DAVIDSON CHALMERS STEWART (SECRETARIAL SERVICES) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2023-03-21 | — | — |
| BAKKER, Albert | Director | 2025-12-01 | Nov 1994 | Dutch |
| GRAY, Robert | Director | 2015-08-18 | Feb 1965 | Scottish |
| MACINNES, Alexander | Director | 2015-08-18 | Feb 1963 | British |
| PORPORO, Domenic | Director | 2020-06-16 | May 1967 | Canadian |
| THU, Ove Magnar | Director | 2019-01-15 | Mar 1971 | Norwegian |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MACKINNON, Alister | Secretary | 2015-09-16 | 2019-01-15 |
| HMS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2017-09-20 | 2021-02-09 |
| DE BOER, Jan | Director | 2022-10-01 | 2025-12-01 |
| DREVER, Hugh Mackay | Director | 2017-12-01 | 2019-01-15 |
| GUNN, George | Director | 2020-01-08 | 2020-06-26 |
| KRUIS, Ernst Jan | Director | 2020-06-16 | 2022-10-01 |
| MACKINNON, Alister | Director | 2015-08-18 | 2020-06-16 |
| SCOTT, Karl James | Director | 2019-06-01 | 2023-07-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Organic Sea Harvest Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2018-01-30 | Active |
| Mr Alex Macinnes | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-08-18 | Ceased 2017-08-23 |
| Mr Robert Gray | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-08-18 | Ceased 2017-08-23 |
| Mr Alister Mackinnon | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-08-17 | Ceased 2017-08-18 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 110 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-10 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-11-17 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-10 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-11-17 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-09-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-07-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-07-24 | 466(Scot) | mortgage | Mortgage alter floating charge with number | |
| 2025-07-24 | 466(Scot) | mortgage | Mortgage alter floating charge with number | |
| 2025-06-25 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2025-06-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-04-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-04-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-04-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-04-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-11 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2024-09-11 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2024-09-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.