CAMSERNEY HYDRO SCHEME LIMITED

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SC220428 · ltd · incorporated 2001-06-20
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£1.47M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35110
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -34% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 23.0y

30/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 23.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
76 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,465,062
Cash YoY
-34%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£331k
↓ 34% YoY
Net Worth
£1.5m
↑ 2.0% YoY
Current Assets
£522k
↓ 15% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£293k£586k£879k£1.2m£1.5mJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£1.47M£1.44M
Current assets£522.2k£611.4k
Cash£330.8k£498.2k
Debtors£191.3k£113.2k
Net assets£1.47M£1.44M

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-03-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  3. 2024-03-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-06-29
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2022-06-29
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  7. 2022-05-11
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    MURRAY, Alexander resigned
    director
  8. 2022-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-10-13
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    change-corporate-secretary-company
    officers · CH04
  11. 2020-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  14. 2017-06-30
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  15. 2017-06-30
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2017-06-28
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  17. 2017-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2013-12-23
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Robert John (Otherwise Iain) Wotherspoon
  19. 2013-12-23
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 2003-05-19
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    BELL INGRAM LLP appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2003-05-19
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    MURRAY, David William resigned
    secretary
  22. 2003-04-30
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  23. 2003-03-13
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    MCGIBBON, Frank appointed
    director
  24. 2003-03-13
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    MURRAY, David William appointed
    director
  25. 2001-06-20
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    Company incorporated
    As CAMSERNEY HYDRO SCHEME LIMITED
  26. 2001-06-20
    ➕
    MURRAY, David William appointed
    secretary
  27. 2001-06-20
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2001-06-20
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2001-06-20
    ➕
    MURRAY, Alexander appointed
    director
  30. 2001-06-20
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  31. 2001-06-20
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alexander Murray
Individual · Scottish · DOB 12/1930 · age 96
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr David William Murray
Individual · Scottish · DOB 11/1958 · age 68
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2001-06-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

Durn
Isla Road
Perth
PH2 7HF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-04
Last: 2025-06-20

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

BELL INGRAM LLP→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2003-05-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCGIBBON, Frank→
director · ~70y · appointed 2003-03-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MURRAY, David William→
director · ~68y · appointed 2003-03-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MURRAY, David William→
secretary · appointed 2001-06-20 · resigned 2003-05-19
Resigned
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-06-20 · resigned 2001-06-20
Resigned
MURRAY, Alexander→
director · ~96y · appointed 2001-06-20 · resigned 2022-05-11
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-06-20 · resigned 2001-06-20
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Robert John (Otherwise Iain) Wotherspoon
A registered charge1 property23/12/2013—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property23/12/2013—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property30/04/2003—
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Recent filings (76 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-29
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-06-29
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2022-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-23
change-corporate-secretary-company
officers · CH04
2020-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-03