TRIDENT AQUA SERVICES (UK) LIMITED
Company number SC227632 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Trident Aqua Services (UK) Limited presents a mixed credit profile: an exceptionally strong balance sheet with £23M net assets and minimal leverage contrasts with a concerning three-year decline in both turnover (down 20%) and profitability (down 56%). The company benefits from being part of a larger merged group and operating in an essential aquaculture services niche, but the declining operational performance and recent corporate restructuring warrant a conditional approach. Credit facilities should be approved subject to financial covenants protecting against further profitability erosion, with close monitoring of the post-merger integration and cash flow trajectory.
Shareholders' funds
£23,037,930
Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31
What it does
03210 - Marine aquaculture
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2002-02-01
- Employees
- 86 (2024 accounts · was 100 in 2023)
- Registered office
- Trident Aqua Services (Uk) Limited Garthspool, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland, ZE1 0NY
- Postcode
- ZE1 0NY
- Capital
- 4 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 5 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-01-28
- Next due by
- 2027-02-11
Nature of business (SIC)
- 3210 Marine aquaculture
Officers 3 current · 18 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by Trident Aqua Services As (93225569) — since 2024-02-21
Controlled by Aquaship As (92064733) — since 2018-07-02
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Contact details
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| AQUASHIP (UK) LIMITED | 2025-07-23 |
| JOHNSON MARINE LIMITED | 2020-09-01 |
| ISLAND INNOVATIONS LIMITED | 2013-01-31 |
| DALGLEN (NO. 813) LIMITED | 2006-03-13 |
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| SOUTHSIDE, VIDLIN, SHETLAND, ZE2 9QD | 2020-02-25 |
| DALMORE HOUSE, 310 ST VINCENT STREET, GLASGOW, STRATHCLYDE G2 5QR | 2005-06-27 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 29 similar companies in ZE
The largest employer among its local peers (86 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2002.
No.1 of the largest marine aquaculture companies in Shetland →
Competitors Shetland
This company ranks 1 among marine aquaculture in Shetland.
The class of 2002
39%
of the 122,927 companies incorporated in 2002 are still active today; 58% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.