ELDERSLIE RENEWABLES LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC255318 · ltd · incorporated 2003-09-04
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 Sept 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). 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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
59 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30

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.

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 (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2023-04-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-01-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2023-01-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2022-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-06-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-06-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-05-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-05-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-04-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-06-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-09-07
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-06-01
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    CKD GALBRAITH LLP appointed
    corporate-secretary
  17. 2015-05-31
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    ALDBURY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  18. 2004-09-10
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    ALDBURY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  19. 2004-09-10
    ➖
    TURCAN CONNELL WS resigned
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2004-02-19
    ➕
    MACK, Timothy Gordon appointed
    director
  21. 2003-09-04
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    Company incorporated
    As ELDERSLIE RENEWABLES LTD.
  22. 2003-09-04
    ➕
    MAKGILL CRICHTON MAITLAND, Mark Archibald appointed
    director
  23. 2003-09-04
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2003-09-04
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2003-09-04
    ➕
    TURCAN CONNELL WS appointed
    corporate-secretary

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 72 — 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 72 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 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Mark Archibald Makgill Crichton Maitland
Individual · British · DOB 03/1955 · age 71
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Timothy Gordon Mack
Individual · British · DOB 03/1954 · age 72
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-09-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Farm And Estate Office North Mains
Houston Road
Houston
PA6 7BE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-18
Last: 2025-09-04

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

CKD GALBRAITH LLP→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2015-06-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACK, Timothy Gordon→
director · ~72y · appointed 2004-02-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MAKGILL CRICHTON MAITLAND, Mark Archibald→
director · ~71y · appointed 2003-09-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ALDBURY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-09-10 · resigned 2015-05-31
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-09-04 · resigned 2003-09-04
Resigned
TURCAN CONNELL WS→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2003-09-04 · resigned 2004-09-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (59 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-04-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-01-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-01-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-06-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-18