What FISHERY REPORTS LTD does

Fishery Reports Ltd is a UK-based private limited company founded in 2015 and headquartered in Brighton that develops cloud-based SaaS applications for the recreational and competitive angling sector. Its core product, Fishery Reports, provides day and season ticket management, online booking, touchscreen POS at the waterside, bailiff checking via mobile, digital catch return submission, and interactive catch mapping for coarse and trout fisheries. The company also operates two wholly-owned product lines: Score Fishing, a mobile competition scoring app with offline capability, and F.R.C.A.S. (Fishery Reports Competitive Angling Services), which provides bespoke entrant registration, peg/beat allocation, scoring, and results services for angling competitions across multiple countries.

The platform's technology stack integrates Judopay for PCI-DSS compliant card processing, Mailchimp for transactional and marketing email, and Google Maps for interactive catch visualization. The company monetizes primarily through a £200/month subscription license to fishery owners, supplemented by transaction fees on ticket sales, hardware sales of touchscreen POS terminals, competition services fees via F.R.C.A.S., and a commercial partnership with Winston Rod Company offering members a 30% discount on fly rods. GTM is hybrid: direct-to-consumer ticket purchase and catch return for anglers, alongside a sales-led motion targeting fishery owners, clubs, and competition organizers with a 3-month free trial and free setup.

The company's served segments include fishery owners and managers (primary), individual anglers, competition organizers, fishing clubs, lodges and hotels, and salmon river beats. Operating geographies span the United Kingdom as the home market, with competition events recorded across the Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, Czech Republic, Ireland, Poland, Romania, Germany, France, Italy, and the USA. The company is privately held with no disclosed institutional investors, no public funding rounds, and a headcount of 1-10 employees.

Name

FISHERY REPORTS LTD

Legal name

Fishery Reports Ltd

Website

https://fisheryreports.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Fishery Reports Ltd is a Brighton-based SaaS company that provides online booking, touchscreen POS, digital catch returns, and competition management software for fisheries, fishing clubs, and competitive angling events, primarily in the UK and Europe.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Fishery Management Software

NAICS

Fishing (1141)

SIC

Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs (7997)

akta.pro primary industry

Fishing Charters & Angling Experiences (Deep Sea, Sportfishing, Fly Fishing) (THAJAJAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Aquaculture Farm Services & Operations Support (net cleaning, diving, grading, harvesting) (AFAEAAAM)

Keywords

• Fishery management software
• Angling competition scoring
• Online ticket booking
• Catch return reporting
• Touchscreen POS systems

Headquarters

HQ city

Brighton

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Subscription Licensing: Monthly subscription for fishery management software at £200/month. Includes online booking, POS system, catch reporting, and management reports.
2. Transaction Fees: Low cost transaction fees on ticket sales processed through the platform
3. Hardware Sales: Sale of touchscreen POS terminals to fisheries for in-venue ticket sales and catch return entry
4. Professional Services: Setup services (offered free during trial) and ongoing support for fishery implementation
5. Competition Services: F.R.C.A.S. competition management service with low running fees for running competitions

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Fishery Reports Ltd sells a cloud-based SaaS subscription for fishery management (online day and season ticket sales, bailiff-side verification, digital catch-return capture with interactive maps, management reports) plus in-fishery touchscreen POS hardware. It also offers the Score Fishing competition management and offline mobile scoring platform, the F.R.C.A.S. competition services layer, and ancillary member benefits including exclusive Winston fly rod discounts.

Product overview

Fishery Reports Ltd operates two core products: Fishery Reports, a paperless fishery management platform providing ticket sales, catch data collection and interactive mapping for coarse and trout fisheries; and Score Fishing, a competition management and scoring solution supporting events across rivers, lakes, canals, beaches and open sea with offline mobile scoring capability. The company also offers F.R.C.A.S. (Fishery Reports Competitive Angling Services) as a dedicated competition management add-on, and is developing Angling Buddies, a social media platform for anglers. Through partnerships, members receive exclusive discounts on Winston fly rods.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Score Fishing: Mobile scoring application for fishing competitions, works offline and can be used at waterside for real-time competition scoring.
• F.R.C.A.S.

Products and services

• Fishery Reports Cloud-based paperless fishery management platform providing day and season ticket management, online booking, bailiff checking at the waterside via mobile report, catch-return data capture displayed on interactive catch maps, and management reports for coarse and trout fisheries. Sold as a monthly subscription (£200/month) to fishery owners and clubs.
• Score Fishing Paperless solution for managing, scoring and producing results of fishing competitions across rivers, lakes, canals, beaches and open sea. Supports peg, beat, free-to-roam, street, boat and species-hunt formats and includes a mobile scoring application that records scores offline and uploads when connectivity is restored.
• F.R.C.A.S. (Fishery Reports Competitive Angling Services) Comprehensive management application for international, national and local competitive angling events. Creates bespoke entrant lists, handles organisation and administration, allocates pegs/beats/boats by sector and session, and delivers visual and interactive results services. Offered with low running fees as a recurring competition service.
• Fishery Reports Touchscreen POS Terminal In-fishery touchscreen hardware deployed at fishery clubhouses that accepts cash and card payments for ticket sales and enables catch-return entry at the venue. Sold to member fisheries as part of the Fishery Reports subscription bundle.

Quantifiable outcome

• Catch return entry takes 30 seconds or less
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Winston Rod CompanycoreGTM or Marketing PartnerExclusive partnership offering Fishery Reports members 30% discount on selected Winston fly rods. Fishery Reports promotes Winston products to members and facilitates sales by directing members to contact them for rod purchases. Products include Boron III series and Nexus fly rods priced £358-749.
• JudopaycoreTechnology or IntegrationPayment processor for secure card transactions. Judopay handles payment processing for online and touchscreen ticket purchases at member fisheries. PCI-DSS compliant payment solution.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Bokun (Tripadvisor): Bokun is a booking and distribution platform for tour and activity operators, serving fishing charters among many verticals. Comparable as a horizontal booking competitor for fishery owners Fishery Reports targets.
• Navionics (Garmin): Navionics provides marine charts and a community SonarChart layer built from user-contributed depth and catch data. Comparable to Fishery Reports' interactive catch-mapping approach but focused on boating and sonar data rather than freshwater fishery booking.
• Peek Pro: Peek Pro provides booking, payment, and operations software for tours, activities, and outdoor experiences. Overlaps with Fishery Reports' POS, booking, and management-report functionality, though it serves a broader experience market.
• Rezdy: Rezdy is a leading online booking and reservation SaaS for tours, attractions, and experiences. It addresses the same fishery/angler booking workflow as Fishery Reports but as a horizontal platform across many experience categories.
• Garmin (Marine/Fishing): Garmin's marine and fishing electronics division offers chartplotters, fishfinders, and the ActiveCaptain app with community catch data. Comparable as an incumbent angler data and electronics ecosystem, though primarily hardware-led rather than SaaS.
• Checkfront (by Tripadvisor): Checkfront is a booking management SaaS serving tours, activities, and outdoor recreation operators including fishing charters. Comparable to Fishery Reports' booking and ticketing layer, though it lacks angling-specific catch-return and competition tooling.

Emerging players

• Ridely: Ridely is an emerging social and trip-planning app for outdoor activities including fishing. Compares to Fishery Reports' planned Angling Buddies social platform as an early-stage community product targeting the same recreational angler audience.
• ANGLR: ANGLR offered fishing trip recording and tackle management apps for anglers. Comparable to Fishery Reports' per-angler catch return and fishing diary features, positioned as an emerging consumer-facing fishing data platform.

Direct peers

• FishBrain: FishBrain is a consumer fishing app with catch logging, maps, and social features for anglers. Directly comparable to Fishery Reports' catch-return and Angling Buddies social functionality, though FishBrain targets the angler rather than the fishery operator.
• Fishidy: Fishidy offers fishing maps, catch logging, and social features for anglers alongside tools for fisheries and tackle shops. It overlaps with Fishery Reports' interactive catch mapping and fishery dashboard functionality.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/scorefishing
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fishery-reports-ltd

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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