SSQC LTD
Company number SC207274 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
SSQC LTD was a niche regional seafood quality assurance provider that served the Shetland aquaculture and fishing cluster for over 25 years. While the company demonstrated strong growth through 2023, reaching peak net assets of approximately £500k, it ultimately proved unable to sustain its position against the dual pressures of industry consolidation (which reduced its client base) and the migration of quality certification toward larger, internationally recognised schemes. The company's cessation of trading in December 2025 and move toward strike-off reflects the structural vulnerability of small, geographically concentrated quality assurance operators in an increasingly globalised and consolidated seafood supply chain. Its trajectory from growth to dissolution over just three years illustrates how rapidly market dynamics can render even well-established niche players unviable.
Shareholders' funds
£0
Balance sheet as at 2026-03-31
Overview
- Company type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
- Incorporated
- 2000-05-12
- Registered office
- Nafc Marine Centre, Port Arthur, Scalloway, Shetland, Isle Of Shetland, ZE1 0UN
- Postcode
- ZE1 0UN
- Accounts category
- Micro
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2026-03-31
- Next due by
- 2027-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-05-12
- Next due by
- 2027-05-26
Nature of business (SIC)
- 74909 Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified
Officers 2 current · 31 resigned
Contact details
- Website
- ssqc.co.uk
- Phone
- 01595482670
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| SHETLAND SEAFOOD QUALITY CONTROL LIMITED | 2013-09-10 |
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| NORTH ATLANTIC FISHERIES COLLEGE, PORT ARTHUR, SCALLOWAY, SHETLAND, ISLE OF SHETLAND ZE1 0UN | 2006-05-15 |
The class of 2000
44%
of the 1,025 companies in this sector incorporated in 2000 are still active today; 54% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.