RENEWABLE DEVELOPMENTS SCOTLAND LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC271128 · ltd · incorporated 2004-07-26

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No material changes in the last 90 days.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jan 2025

Net worth

£140.5k

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 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

9 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

62 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £140,495

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£140k

↑ 3.0% YoY

Current Assets

£6k

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-01-31	2024-01-31
Total assets	£140.5k	£136.5k
Current assets	£5.6k	—
Cash	—	£5.8k
Net assets	£140.5k	£136.5k

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2025-10-27
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2024-10-30
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accounts · AA
2023-10-31
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accounts · AA
2022-10-25
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accounts · AA
2022-01-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-18
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accounts · AA
2019-10-29
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accounts · AA
2019-06-05
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officers · AP01
2019-06-01
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HENDRY, Catriona appointed
director
2019-05-14
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officers · TM01
2019-05-14
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officers · TM01
2019-05-13
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address · AD01
2019-05-01
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POTTINGER, Thomas Band resigned
director
2019-04-30
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POTTINGER, Steven Charles resigned
director
2018-05-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-03-13
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2017-04-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-09-20
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officers · CH01
2009-10-05
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DM COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
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2009-09-01
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HENDRY, Douglas Thomson appointed
director
2004-11-04
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POTTINGER, Steven Charles appointed
director
2004-11-04
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POTTINGER, Thomas Band appointed
director
2004-11-04
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DM DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2004-07-26
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Company incorporated
As RENEWABLE DEVELOPMENTS SCOTLAND LIMITED
2004-07-26
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DM COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-07-26
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DM DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100

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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100

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.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Douglas Thomson Hendry Individual · Scottish · DOB 03/1956 · age 70	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2004-07-26

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

Oakfield House

378 Brandon Street

Motherwell

ML1 1XA

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-09

Last: 2025-07-26

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

HENDRY, Catriona→

director · ~30y · appointed 2019-06-01

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Active

HENDRY, Douglas Thomson→

director · ~70y · appointed 2009-09-01

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Active

DM COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-07-26 · resigned 2009-10-05

Resigned

POTTINGER, Steven Charles→

director · ~67y · appointed 2004-11-04 · resigned 2019-04-30

Resigned

POTTINGER, Thomas Band→

director · ~71y · appointed 2004-11-04 · resigned 2019-05-01

Resigned

DM DIRECTOR LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-07-26 · resigned 2004-11-04

Resigned

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