HERSCHA WIND ENERGY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC333209 · ltd · incorporated 2007-10-31
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 15.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
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 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 15.0y

70/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 15.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
46 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Average employees00

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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-28
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  2. 2024-07-16
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  3. 2023-11-01
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    officers · AP01
  4. 2023-10-31
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    MCLEAN, Christine Jaclyn appointed
    director
  5. 2023-08-07
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  6. 2022-07-22
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  7. 2021-07-23
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  8. 2020-09-01
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  9. 2019-08-21
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  10. 2018-08-29
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  11. 2017-07-03
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  12. 2016-09-05
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  13. 2016-09-05
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  14. 2016-09-05
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    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  15. 2016-06-15
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  16. 2016-05-27
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  17. 2011-06-02
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Triodos Bank Nv
  18. 2011-05-03
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Triodos Bank N.V.
  19. 2007-10-31
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    Company incorporated
    As HERSCHA WIND ENERGY LIMITED
  20. 2007-10-31
    ➕
    MCLEAN, Christine Jaclyn appointed
    secretary
  21. 2007-10-31
    ➕
    MCLEAN, Colin Jamieson appointed
    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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • 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 Colin Jamieson Mclean
Individual · Scottish · DOB 01/1960 · age 66
—25–50%25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Christine Jaclyn Mclean
Individual · British · DOB 07/1957 · age 69
—25–50%25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2007-10-31
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

Newlands Farm
Auchenblae
Laurencekirk
AB30 1TX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-14
Last: 2025-10-31

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

MCLEAN, Christine Jaclyn→
secretary · appointed 2007-10-31
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MCLEAN, Christine Jaclyn→
director · ~69y · appointed 2023-10-31
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Active
MCLEAN, Colin Jamieson→
director · ~66y · appointed 2007-10-31
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Triodos Bank Nv
Standard security1 property02/06/2011—
outstanding
Triodos Bank N.V.
Bond & floating charge1 property03/05/2011—
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Recent filings (46 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-02
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2025-07-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-31
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accounts · AA
2024-07-16
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-01
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officers · AP01
2023-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-07
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-02
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accounts · AA
2022-07-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-08
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accounts · AA
2021-07-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-09
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2020-09-01
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-31
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accounts · AA
2019-08-21