WYVIS (HYDRO) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC242904 · ltd · incorporated 2003-01-27
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
—
year to Jan 2026
Net worth
£3.03M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35110
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
64 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £3,034,389
Net assets shrinking
Down £56,039 YoY
Cash YoY
-5%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2.2m
↓ 4.5% YoY
Net Worth
£3.0m
↓ 1.8% YoY
Current Assets
£2.3m
↓ 4.2% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£618k£1.2m£1.9m£2.5m£3.1mJan 2025Jan 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2026-01-312025-01-31
Total assets£3.21M£3.27M
Current assets£2.32M£2.42M
Cash£2.19M£2.29M
Debtors£128.4k£128.0k
Net assets£3.03M£3.09M

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
3
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-03-19
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
  3. 2026-03-10
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2025-10-23
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2025-09-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-07-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-10-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-09-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-07-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-10-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-02-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2019-06-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-11-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-02-02
    ➕
    STEWART, Sandra appointed
    secretary
  17. 2016-02-02
    ➖
    STEWART, Margaret Mary resigned
    secretary
  18. 2003-01-27
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As WYVIS (HYDRO) LIMITED
  19. 2003-01-27
    ➕
    STEWART, Alan Kenneth appointed
    director
  20. 2003-01-27
    ➕
    STEWART, Ian Charles appointed
    director
  21. 2003-01-27
    ➕
    STEWART, Margaret Mary appointed
    secretary
  22. 2003-01-27
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2003-01-27
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2003-01-27
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2003-01-27
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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 23 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-01-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

Hillcrest
Hillcrest, Heights Of Inchvannie
Strathpeffer
Highland
IV14 9AE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-10-31
Last made up to: 2026-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-10
Last: 2026-01-27

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

STEWART, Sandra→
secretary · appointed 2016-02-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STEWART, Alan Kenneth→
director · ~60y · appointed 2003-01-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STEWART, Ian Charles→
director · ~64y · appointed 2003-01-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STEWART, Margaret Mary→
secretary · appointed 2003-01-27 · resigned 2016-02-02
Resigned
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-01-27 · resigned 2003-01-27
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-01-27 · resigned 2003-01-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (64 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-04-01
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2026-03-19
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-03
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-10-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-01