GARVARY WIND FARM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09749336 · ltd · incorporated 2015-08-26
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35110
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
20 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
42 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees2200

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-02
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  3. 2025-08-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-07-11
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  5. 2025-07-11
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  6. 2024-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-08-26
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    MURRAY, David Charles appointed
    secretary
  8. 2024-01-29
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  9. 2023-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-03-16
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  12. 2021-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-08-21
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  15. 2019-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-05-22
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2019-05-22
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  18. 2019-05-21
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    STEPHENS, Arthur appointed
    director
  19. 2019-05-21
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    LENNON, Paul resigned
    director
  20. 2018-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2018-01-27
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    MALYON, Harold Edward resigned
    director
  22. 2018-01-26
    ➖
    IBBOTSON, Catherine Elizabeth resigned
    director
  23. 2017-02-02
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    LENNON, Paul appointed
    director
  24. 2015-08-26
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    Company incorporated
    As GARVARY WIND FARM LIMITED
  25. 2015-08-26
    ➕
    MURRAY, David Charles appointed
    director
  26. 2015-08-26
    ➕
    IBBOTSON, Catherine Elizabeth appointed
    director
  27. 2015-08-26
    ➕
    MALYON, Harold Edward appointed
    director

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Esb Asset Development (Uk) Ltd holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Esb Asset Development (Uk) Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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GARVARY WIND FARM LIMITED
This company · 09749336

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Charles Murray
Individual · British · DOB 05/1963 · age 63
50–75%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016
Esb Asset Development (Uk) Ltd
Corporate entity
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/07/2025
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Harold Edward Malyonceased 27/01/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mrs Catherine Elizabeth Ibbotsonceased 26/01/2018· 25-50% voting

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-08-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

22-24 King Street
Maidenhead
Berkshire
SL6 1EF
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-08
Last: 2025-08-25

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

MURRAY, David Charles→
secretary · appointed 2024-08-26
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Active
MURRAY, David Charles→
director · ~63y · appointed 2015-08-26
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Active
STEPHENS, Arthur→
director · ~54y · appointed 2019-05-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
IBBOTSON, Catherine Elizabeth→
director · ~47y · appointed 2015-08-26 · resigned 2018-01-26
Resigned
LENNON, Paul→
director · ~47y · appointed 2017-02-02 · resigned 2019-05-21
Resigned
MALYON, Harold Edward→
director · ~67y · appointed 2015-08-26 · resigned 2018-01-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (42 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2025-09-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-08-21
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-07-11
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-03
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-05
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-22