NODDSDALE HYDRO LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC343425 · ltd · incorporated 2008-05-27
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
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year to May 2025
Net worth
£242.9k
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 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
55 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 £242,926
Cash YoY
-29%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£70k
↓ 29% YoY
Net Worth
£243k
↑ 7.6% YoY
Current Assets
£75k
↓ 30% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£49k£97k£146k£194k£243kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£318.8k£355.4k
Current assets£75.3k£106.9k
Cash£69.8k£98.3k
Debtors£5.5k£8.7k
Net assets£242.9k£225.7k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-03
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-07-03
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2025-07-03
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    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-07-03
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    officers · CH03
  6. 2025-04-28
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2025-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2025-02-20
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    capital · SH03
  9. 2024-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-02-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-03-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-06-26
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    capital · SH02
  14. 2020-01-13
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-02-20
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    officers · AP01
  16. 2018-12-27
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    EVANS, Rorie Charles Edward appointed
    director
  17. 2018-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2008-05-27
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    Company incorporated
    As NODDSDALE HYDRO LIMITED
  19. 2008-05-27
    ➕
    EVANS, Christopher John Arthur appointed
    secretary
  20. 2008-05-27
    ➕
    EVANS, Christopher John Arthur appointed
    director
  21. 2008-05-27
    ➕
    EVANS, Jane Gwendolen appointed
    director

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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Elspeth Marion Robertson
Individual · British · DOB 01/1930 · age 96
25–50%
—25-50% shares17/08/2021
Mr Christopher John Arthur Evans
Individual · British · DOB 09/1953 · age 73
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Jane Gwendolen Evansceased 24/10/2024· significant influence

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
Incorporated2008-05-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

Noddsdale Estate
Brisbane Glen
Largs
Ayrshire
KA30 8SL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-24
Last: 2026-02-10

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

EVANS, Christopher John Arthur→
secretary · appointed 2008-05-27
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Active
EVANS, Christopher John Arthur→
director · ~73y · appointed 2008-05-27
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Active
EVANS, Jane Gwendolen→
director · ~69y · appointed 2008-05-27
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Active
EVANS, Rorie Charles Edward→
director · ~40y · appointed 2018-12-27
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Active

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Recent filings (55 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-03
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-07-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-03
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-07-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-01
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-27
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2025-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-19