ROUSAY RENEWABLES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC284120 · ltd · incorporated 2005-05-03

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

£31.4k

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 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

54 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 £31,442

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£31k

↑ 21% YoY

Current Assets

£9k

↑ 11% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Total assets	£31.4k	£26.0k
Current assets	£8.9k	£8.1k
Net assets	£31.4k	£26.0k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2026-02-26
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2025-02-26
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2024-02-28
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accounts · AA
2023-02-28
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accounts · AA
2022-02-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-28
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gazette · DISS40
2021-08-27
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accounts · AA
2021-07-27
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gazette · GAZ1
2020-02-26
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accounts · AA
2019-08-03
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gazette · DISS40
2019-07-30
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gazette · GAZ1
2019-05-13
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2019-05-13
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officers · TM01
2019-05-13
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officers · TM02
2019-04-18
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MAINLAND, Bruce Martyn resigned
secretary
2019-04-18
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MAINLAND, Bruce Martyn resigned
director
2019-02-28
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accounts · AA
2018-02-20
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accounts · AA
2014-01-31
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TAYLOR, Doreen resigned
director
2014-01-31
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TAYLOR, George Sinclair resigned
director
2005-05-03
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Company incorporated
As ROUSAY RENEWABLES LIMITED
2005-05-03
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MAINLAND, Kirsty Ann appointed
director
2005-05-03
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MAINLAND, Bruce Martyn appointed
secretary
2005-05-03
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MAINLAND, Bruce Martyn appointed
director
2005-05-03
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TAYLOR, Doreen appointed
director
2005-05-03
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TAYLOR, George Sinclair appointed
director

Owner dependency

100/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100

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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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
Mrs Kirsty Ann Mainland Individual · British · DOB 06/1952 · age 74	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Bruce Martyn Mainlandceased 18/04/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Incorporated2005-05-03

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

Cott

Rousay

Orkney

KW17 2PT

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-17

Last: 2026-05-03

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

MAINLAND, Kirsty Ann→

director · ~74y · appointed 2005-05-03

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Active

MAINLAND, Bruce Martyn→

secretary · appointed 2005-05-03 · resigned 2019-04-18

Resigned

MAINLAND, Bruce Martyn→

director · ~76y · appointed 2005-05-03 · resigned 2019-04-18

Resigned

TAYLOR, Doreen→

director · ~80y · appointed 2005-05-03 · resigned 2014-01-31

Resigned

TAYLOR, George Sinclair→

director · ~78y · appointed 2005-05-03 · resigned 2014-01-31

Resigned

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