ROTTAL HYDRO LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC335669 · ltd · incorporated 2007-12-28
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£544.4k
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. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
50 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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £544,354

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£121k
Net Worth
£544k
↑ 8.7% YoY
Current Assets
£278k
↑ 9.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£109k£218k£327k£435k£544kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£656.0k£574.4k
Current assets£277.7k£252.9k
Cash£120.6k—
Debtors£157.2k£252.9k
Net assets£544.4k£500.6k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 signals 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
1
filing
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-25
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  2. 2026-02-17
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2025-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-04-29
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    WARD, Archie Edward appointed
    director
  8. 2022-04-29
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    officers · AP01
  9. 2021-11-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-11-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-07-14
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    officers · TM01
  15. 2017-06-16
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    WARD, Jemima Sara Louise resigned
    director
  16. 2016-12-20
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-01-27
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    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2007-12-28
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ROTTAL HYDRO LIMITED
  19. 2007-12-28
    ➕
    WARD, Dee Eamon appointed
    secretary
  20. 2007-12-28
    ➕
    WARD, Dee Eamon appointed
    director
  21. 2007-12-28
    ➕
    WARD, Jemima Sara Louise appointed
    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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

29/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — WARD, Archie Edward (same surname) appointed 2022-04-29. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Dee Eamon Ward
Individual · British · DOB 03/1965 · age 61
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Dee Eamon Wardceased 25/03/2026· 75-100% shares

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
Incorporated2007-12-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

The Estate Office Rottal Lodge
Glen Clova
Kirriemuir
Angus
DD8 4QT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-11
Last: 2025-12-28

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

WARD, Dee Eamon→
secretary · appointed 2007-12-28
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Active
WARD, Archie Edward→
director · ~25y · appointed 2022-04-29
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Active
WARD, Dee Eamon→
director · ~61y · appointed 2007-12-28
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Active
WARD, Jemima Sara Louise→
director · ~59y · appointed 2007-12-28 · resigned 2017-06-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (50 total)

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-25
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-02-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-28