GLEN KINGLAS HYDRO LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC232777 · ltd · incorporated 2002-06-14
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 18.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
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 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 18.1y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 18.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (6 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
88 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees400400

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-02
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  2. 2025-09-02
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  3. 2025-09-02
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  4. 2025-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-04-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-03-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-04-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-03-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-04-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-05-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-07-12
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2017-07-12
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  15. 2017-07-12
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  16. 2016-12-06
    TURNBULL, Jonathan Michael appointed
    secretary
  17. 2016-12-06
    JOHNSONS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  18. 2016-03-11
    JOHNSONS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2016-03-11
    SIMPSONS SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2014-02-14
    TURNBULL, Meredith Sarah Jane appointed
    director
  21. 2014-02-14
    TURNBULL, Rosy Emily Grace appointed
    director
  22. 2008-05-02
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    Charge satisfied #1
  23. 2008-04-16
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Jonathan Michael Turnbull
  24. 2008-03-31
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Jonathan Michael Turnbull
  25. 2006-12-01
    TURNBULL, Thomas Roy appointed
    director
  26. 2002-06-14
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As GLEN KINGLAS HYDRO LTD.
  27. 2002-06-14
    TURNBULL, Jonathan Michael appointed
    director
  28. 2002-06-14
    TURNBULL, Victoria appointed
    director
  29. 2002-06-14
    CHETTLEBURGHS SECRETARIAL LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 2002-06-14
    CHETTLEBURGHS SECRETARIAL LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  31. 2002-06-14
    SIMPSONS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Jonathan Michael Turnbull
Individual · British · DOB 02/1951 · age 75
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2002-06-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

Strone
Cairndow
Argyll
PA26 8BQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-24
Last: 2025-11-10

Officers (6 active · 3 resigned)

TURNBULL, Jonathan Michael
secretary · appointed 2016-12-06
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Active
TURNBULL, Jonathan Michael
director · ~75y · appointed 2002-06-14
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Active
TURNBULL, Meredith Sarah Jane
director · ~46y · appointed 2014-02-14
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Active
TURNBULL, Rosy Emily Grace
director · ~44y · appointed 2014-02-14
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Active
TURNBULL, Thomas Roy
director · ~48y · appointed 2006-12-01
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Active
TURNBULL, Victoria
director · ~74y · appointed 2002-06-14
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Active
CHETTLEBURGHS SECRETARIAL LTD
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-06-14 · resigned 2002-06-14
Resigned
JOHNSONS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT LTD
corporate-secretary · appointed 2016-03-11 · resigned 2016-12-06
Resigned
SIMPSONS SECRETARIES LIMITED
corporate-secretary · appointed 2002-06-14 · resigned 2016-03-11
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Jonathan Michael Turnbull
Standard security1 property16/04/200802/05/2008
outstanding
Jonathan Michael Turnbull
Standard security1 property31/03/2008
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Recent filings (88 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-10
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-09-02
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-09-02
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-09-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-15