JOHN LAKE SHELLFISH LIMITED, PE30 2JB : Companies House Number 02950690

Executive summary

John Lake Shellfish is a mature, asset-rich fishing and wholesale business whose balance sheet strength (£9.19M net assets, minimal debt) places it well above typical SME operators in the UK marine fishing sector. However, four consecutive years of declining net assets and a 62% erosion of cash reserves since 2021 signal either sustained trading pressures or deliberate capital redeployment into the company's unusual £4.39M investment portfolio. The dramatic inventory decline and hidden value in fishing rights warrant particular scrutiny—while the company's fundamentals remain robust, the trajectory suggests the core shellfish operation may be generating insufficient returns to sustain the historic dividend pattern without drawing down reserves.

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Shareholders' funds

£9,190,765

Balance sheet as at 2025-06-30

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Overview

Company type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 1994-07-20
Employees: 16 (2025 accounts · was 15 in 2024)
Registered office: Riverside, Cross Bank Road, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, E, Crossbank Road, King's Lynn, England, PE30 2JB
Postcode: PE30 2JB
Capital: 2,006 GBP
Accounts category: Total Exemption Full
Charges: 1 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Next due by: 2027-03-31
Financial year end: 30 June

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated: 2026-07-20
Next due by: 2027-08-03

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Nature of business (SIC)

3110 Marine fishing
46380 Wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs

Officers 4 current · 5 resigned

Sian LAKE Secretary

Appointed 2025-03-31

Sian Elizabeth LAKE Director

Appointed 2023-11-03

Leigh David LAKE Director

Appointed 2023-11-03

MR Neil Alfred LAKE Director

Appointed 2004-05-01

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Group structure 1 subsidiary

SHRIMP PRODUCERS ORGANISATION LIMITED

From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.

Previous company names

Name	Date changed
JOHN LAKE FISHING BOATS LIMITED	2000-12-29
SPEED 4463 LIMITED	1994-08-24

Previous registered addresses 4

Address	Changed on
RIVERSIDE CROSSBANK ROAD, KINGS LYNN, NORFOLK PE30 2AQ	2006-08-21
50 KING STREET, KINGS LYNN, NORFOLK PE30 1ES	2001-01-31
BRIAN RAWLINSON & CO, PURFLEET HOUSE, 1 KING STREET KING'S LYNN, NORFOLK PE30 1ET	1999-08-16
CLASSIC HOUSE, 174-180 OLD STREET, LONDON, EC1V 9BP	1994-08-18

Among its peers

Top 5%

by shareholders' funds, of 24 similar companies in PE

2nd largest employer among its local peers (16 staff).

3rd oldest of its local peers, trading since 1994.

Competitors Peterborough

2. LYNN SHELLFISH LIMITED

£2,004,800
3. CARDIUM SHELLFISH LIMITED

£1,828,646
4. D T LOOSE SHELLFISH LIMITED

£1,345,188
5. TREVOR LINEHAM (SHELLFISH) LIMITED

£940,393
6. J. & J. SHELLFISH LIMITED

£916,226

This company ranks 1 among marine fishing in Peterborough.

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The class of 1994

47%

of the 28,890 companies incorporated in 1994 are still active today; 50% have since been dissolved.

A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.

Property in England & Wales 5 titles

Freehold: 5
Most recent registration: 2017-10-13
Where: Norfolk (5)

Title number	County	Tenure	Registered	Price paid
NK350461	Norfolk	Freehold	2017-10-13	—
NK407191	Norfolk	Freehold	2012-05-25	—
NK390103	Norfolk	Freehold	2009-07-24	—
NK227450	Norfolk	Freehold	2008-01-16	—
NK253640	Norfolk	Freehold	2005-10-14	—

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