{"name":"JOHN LAKE SHELLFISH LIMITED","company_number":"02950690","status":"Active","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"1994-07-20","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"Riverside, Cross Bank Road, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, E, Crossbank Road, King's Lynn, England, PE30 2JB","postcode":"PE30 2JB","sic_codes":[{"code":3110,"description":"Marine fishing"},{"code":46380,"description":"Wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs"}],"principal_activity":null,"previous_names":[{"name":"JOHN LAKE FISHING BOATS LIMITED ","changed_on":"2000-12-29"},{"name":"SPEED 4463 LIMITED","changed_on":"1994-08-24"}],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Total Exemption Full","year_end":"30 June","last_made_up_to":"2025-06-30","next_due":"2027-03-31"},"employees":{"count":16,"accounts_date":"2025-06-30"},"financials":[{"financial_date":"2025-06-30","net_assets":9192771,"cash":774298,"average_employees":16},{"financial_date":"2024-06-30","net_assets":9318460,"cash":1088504,"average_employees":15},{"financial_date":"2023-06-30","net_assets":9031895,"cash":1326032},{"financial_date":"2022-06-30","net_assets":9568947,"cash":1818891},{"financial_date":"2021-06-30","net_assets":9743431,"cash":2056916}],"officers":{"current":4,"resigned":5,"complete":true,"note":"Names and details of individual officers are on the People page (subscriber-only on this site) and free at Companies House."},"charges":{"total":1,"outstanding":1},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_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.","website":null,"links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/john-lake-shellfish","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/john-lake-shellfish/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/john-lake-shellfish/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02950690","financials":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/john-lake-shellfish/financial","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/john-lake-shellfish/control","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/john-lake-shellfish/charges","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/john-lake-shellfish/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/john-lake-shellfish"}